Original sentence: By the war's end, the region was divided between Israel, Egypt and Transjordan.Four thousand Transjordanian troops invaded the Corpus separatum region encompassing Jerusalem and its environs, as well as areas designated as part of the Arab state by the UN partition plan.Israeli forces fought back, and captured significant amounts of territory which had been designated for the Arab state of Transjordan, as well as part of Jerusalem.Over the next few days, approximately 1,000 Lebanese, 5,000 Syrian, 5,000 Iraqi, and 10,000 Egyptian troops invaded the newly-established state.The State of Israel declared itself as an independent nation, and was quickly recognized by the Soviet Union, the United States, and many other countries.The United Nations recommended to partition Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state, a plan which the Arabs rejected.They were aided by corps of volunteers from Saudi Arabia, Libya and Yemen.This force consisted of five infantry battalions, one armoured battalion equipped with British Mark IV and Matilda tanks, one battalion of sixteen 25-pounder guns, a battalion of eight 6-pounder guns and one medium-machine-gun battalion with supporting troops
Edited sentence: Afterwards, Zionist forces seized land assigned to the Arab state, expelling hundreds of thousands in the process.Between February and July 1949, as a result of separate armistice agreements between Israel and each of the Arab states, a temporary frontier was fixed between Israel and its neighbors.Forces from Egypt, Transjordan (Jordan), Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon occupied the areas in southern and eastern Palestine not apportioned to the Jews by the United Nations (UN) partition of Palestine and then captured east Jerusalem, including the small Jewish quarter of the Old City, in an effort to forestall the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.The State of Israel declared itself as an independent nation, and was quickly recognized by the Soviet Union, the United States, and others.The United Nations General Assembly recommended to partition Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state, a plan which the Palestinians and Arab governments rejected.This force consisted of five infantry battalions, one armoured battalion equipped with British Mark IV and Matilda tanks, one battalion of sixteen 25-pounder guns a battalion of eight 6-pounder guns and one medium-machine-gun battalion with supporting troops.Very few Jewish settlements actually fell to the Arabs By early 1949 the Israelis managed to occupy all of the Negev up to the former Egypt-Palestine frontier, except for the Gaza Strip