BELLIGERENT // 12 wars
Israel
Wikidata · Q801
Active span
1947 – 2025
Profile
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel's western coast lies on the Mediterranean Sea, its southern tip reaches the Red Sea, and to the east is Earth's lowest point near the Dead Sea. Jerusalem is the government seat and proclaimed capital, while Tel Aviv is Israel's largest urban area and economic centre.
Where they fought
23 of 24 plotted
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When they fought
24 battles · 2 wars
Most active in 1948 — 20 catalogued battles.
Battles
24 engagements
December 1, 1947
Battle for Jerusalem
1948 Palestine war
December 7, 1947
Battles of Kfar Darom
1948 Arab–Israeli War
December 26, 1948
Battle of 'Auja
1948 Arab–Israeli War
July 15, 1948
Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak
1948 Arab–Israeli War
October 21, 1948
Battle of Beersheba
1948 Arab–Israeli War
May 14, 1948
Battle of Gesher
1948 Arab–Israeli War
January 1, 1948
Battle of Hill 86
1948 Arab–Israeli War
January 1, 1948
Battle of Jenin
1948 Arab–Israeli War
May 15, 1948
Battle of Nirim
1948 Arab–Israeli War
June 10, 1948
Battle of Nitzanim
1948 Arab–Israeli War
January 1, 1948
Battle of Yad Mordechai
1948 Arab–Israeli War
May 24, 1948
Battles of Latrun
1948 Arab–Israeli War
June 5, 1948
Battles of Malkia
1948 Arab–Israeli War
July 12, 1948
Battles of Negba
1948 Arab–Israeli War
January 1, 1948
Battles of the Kinarot Valley
1948 Arab–Israeli War
October 15, 1948
Battles of the Separation Corridor
1948 Arab–Israeli War
December 28, 1948
Battles of the Sinai
1948 Arab–Israeli War
January 1, 1948
Operation Danny
1948 Arab–Israeli War
October 29, 1948
Operation Hiram
1948 Arab–Israeli War
December 22, 1948
Operation Horev
1948 Arab–Israeli War
May 29, 1948
Operation Pleshet
1948 Arab–Israeli War
October 15, 1948
Operation Yoav
1948 Arab–Israeli War
January 3, 1949
Battle of Rafah
1948 Arab–Israeli War
March 5, 1949
Operation Uvda
1948 Arab–Israeli War
Commanders of Israel
26 catalogued
Adir Abudi
Albert Mandler
general1929–1973
Amnon Reshef
major general1938–
Ariel Sharon
aluf1928–2014
Avraham Adan
general1926–2012
Benjamin Telem
aluf1928–2008
Binyamin Peled
aluf1928–2002
David Elazar
major general1925–1976
Eitan Paz
Eli Zeira
general1928–2025
Golda Meir
Prime Minister of Israel1898–1978
Haim Bar-Lev
general1924–1994
Israel Tal
major general1924–2010
Itzik Buzukashvili
Levi Eshkol
Prime Minister of Israel1895–1969
Michael Barkai
aluf1935–1999
Moshe Dayan
rav aluf1915–1981
Nimrod Aloni
major general1973–
Or Moses
Roi Levy
aluf mishne1979–2023
Sahar Makhlouf
Shmuel Gonen
general1930–1991
Uzi Narkiss
aluf1925–1997
Uzi Yairi
aluf mishne1936–1975
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