Reference Information Background & Overview Analysis of 1948 War U.S. State Department Summary of the War Total Casualties War Maps Myths & Facts Arab League Declaration on the Invasion of Palestine FBI Investigations of the Haganah CIA Daily Summaries Regarding Partition and the 1948 War CIA Evaluation of the Mideast Situation Following the 1948 War (January 19, 1949) Report to the Zionist General Council by David Ben-Gurion  U.S. and Canadian Machal Volunteers Truce & Armistice The First Truce The Second Truce Map of Military Situation at Beginning of Second Truce (July 18, 1948) Updated CIA Report on Possible Developments from the Palestine Truce (August 31, 1948) Possible Effects of a UN Arms Embargo on Israel and the Arabs (August 5, 1948) CIA Report on Possible Developments from Second Truce in 1948 War (July 27, 1948) The Bernadotte Truce Plan Armistice Lines — 1949 [map] Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement Israel-Jordan Armistice Agreement Israel-Lebanon Armistice Agreement Israel-Syria Armistice Agreement Letter to Security Council on Armistice negotiations Weizmann Asks Truman to Ensure Negev Remains Part of Israel (November 5, 1948) Israel Accepts the Armistice (November 18, 1948) Call to the Parties to Cease-Fire (December 29, 1948) Call to the Parties to Cease-fire (May 22, 1948) Demilitarization of Mt. Scopus (July 7, 1948) Message from MI5 Director Regarding Begin Visit to Washington (October 15, 1948)

Battles & Operations Arab Armies Invade Map of the Invasion Arab League Invasion Declaration Israeli PM Ben-Gurion’s Broadcast after Invasion The Battle for Degania The Battle For Gush Etzion The Battle For Jerusalem in the War of Independence The Battle for the Roads Operation Assaf Operation Danny Operation Dekel Operation Hamez Operation “Horev” Operation Nachshon Operation Uvda Operation “Yiftach” Operation “Yoav” The Old City Saga [Memoir of the Fight] Haganah Intelligence Report Regarding Jerusalem The Bombing of the King David Hotel Sinking the Emir Farouk The First IAF Fighter Mission Deir Yassin The Negev and The South British Police Report on the Arab Evacuation of Haifa Aftermath The Founding of the Israel Defense Forces Jewish Refugees From Palestine/Israel The Palestinian Refugees The Arab Refugees: 1948 [map] The Jewish Refugees: 1948-1972 [map] POW Exchanges Prime Minister Ben-Gurion Remarks on Israeli Victory Machal Volunteers U.S. Threatens Israel Over Actions Following 1948 War Weizmann Asks Truman to Intervene with British Over Armistice with Egypt (January 11, 1949)  Israel's Position on its Frontiers, Statement to the Knesset by Foreign Minister Sharett (June 15, 1949) Weizmann Explains Israeli Position at Lausanne Negotiations (June 24, 1949)