April – July 1948 · Central Palestine Theater
April – July 1948
The battle for Jerusalem was the war's most contested theater. Jewish areas of the city were besieged, with the Arab Legion cutting the Tel Aviv road and isolating 100,000 Jewish residents. The Jewish Quarter of the Old City fell to Jordanian forces after weeks of house-to-house fighting. Operation Nachshon broke the siege by opening the road, while the Old City remained under Jordanian control.
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