Operation Gideon
Arab communities captured during Operation Gideon
Columns: Name | Date | Defending forces | Brigade | Population
Al-Ashrafiyya | 10 May 1948 | villagers fled | Golani brigade | 230 | Farwana | 10 May 1948 | villagers fled 'to Transjordan' | Golani brigade | 330 | Baysan | 12 May 1948 | Arab Liberation Army 'contingents' | Golani brigade | 5,180 inc. 430 Christians | Al-Sakhina | 12 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade | 820 inc. 290 Jews | Al-Hamidiyya | 12 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade | 320 inc. 100 Jews | Sirin | 12 May 1948 | n/a | Golani | 810 | Al-Ghazzawiyya | 20 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade 4th battalion | 1,640 inc. 620 Jews | Al-Fatur | 20 May 1948 | n/a | n/a | 110 | 'Arab al-Safa | 20 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade | 650 | Kawkab al-Hawa | 21 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade 3rd battalion | 300 | Al-Samiriyya | 27 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade 4th battalion | 250 | Danna | 28 May 1948 | n/a | Golani brigade | 190