Mivtza Yiftach

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Mivtza Yiftach was a 1948 Israeli military operation during the Arab–Israeli War aimed at securing control of the eastern Galilee region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1948 Arab–Israeli War operation
military operation
alsoKnownAs Operation Yiftach NERFINISHED
belligerent Arab Liberation Army NERFINISHED
Haganah NERFINISHED
Palmach NERFINISHED
local Arab forces
commandStructure Haganah High Command NERFINISHED
conflict 1948 Arab–Israeli War
country Israel
endTime May 1948
hasConsequence demographic change in eastern Galilee
territorial consolidation of the nascent State of Israel in the north
hasGoal expel or neutralize opposing Arab forces in the area
open and secure roads in eastern Galilee
secure Jewish control of Safed
secure control of eastern Galilee
historicalEra Mandate Palestine period NERFINISHED
early phase of Israeli statehood
languageOfName Hebrew
location Eastern Galilee NERFINISHED
Galilee NERFINISHED
Safed area NERFINISHED
Upper Galilee NERFINISHED
meaningOfName Operation Yiftach NERFINISHED
militaryDoctrine Haganah offensive strategy in 1948
militaryUnitInvolved Palmach Yiftach Brigade NERFINISHED
namedAfter Yiftach Brigade NERFINISHED
notableCityCaptured Safed NERFINISHED
partOf 1947–1949 Palestine war
predecessor earlier Haganah defensive actions in Galilee
regionAffected Hula Valley NERFINISHED
Upper Galilee villages
relatedEvent Battle for Safed (1948) NERFINISHED
other 1948 Galilee operations
result Israeli control of Safed
Israeli control of most of eastern Galilee
Israeli victory
flight and expulsion of many Palestinian Arab inhabitants from the area
startTime April 1948
strategicImportance control of approaches to the Hula Valley
control of routes between Safed and the Jordan Valley
successor subsequent Israeli operations in northern Palestine in 1948
theaterOfWar Northern front of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War NERFINISHED
typeOfAction combined infantry and irregular warfare operation
offensive operation

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Operation Yiftach alsoKnownAs Mivtza Yiftach