Battle of Haifa

Date: April 22, 1948 • Location: Haifa, Israel

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1947–1948.

The 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1948 Palestine war. It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine.