Original sentence: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria attacked the state of Israel, leading to fighting mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and for a short time also on the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon.The Arabs were rumored to have also used excessive and indiscriminate force against Jewish farmers.There was also support for the growth in influence of the radical nationalist Independence Party (Hizb al-Istiqlal)
Edited sentence: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon and Syria attacked the state of Israel in an attempt to liberate the occupied land of Palestine, leading to fighting mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and for a short time also on the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon.There was also support for the growth in influence of the nationalist Independence Party (Hizb al-Istiqlal)