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1948 war

First Israeli–Arab warBelligerentsYishuv(before 14 May 1948)Israel(after 14 May 1948)Before 26 May 1948:HaganahPalmachHishHIMIrgunLehiDruze militantsAllied Bedouin tribesAfter 26 May 1948:Israel Defense ForcesSword BattalionForeign volunteers:MahalArab Higher Committee(before 15 May 1948)Arab League(after 15 May 1948)Arab League:EgyptAll-Palestine Protectorate (after 22 September 1948)TransjordanSyriaIraqLebanonSaudi Arabia YemenIrregulars:Al-NajjadaHoly War ArmyArab Liberation ArmyMuslim BrotherhoodForeign volunteers: United KingdomMandatory Palestine (before 15 May 1948)Commanders and leadersDavid Ben-GurionChaim WeizmannYigael YadinYaakov DoriDavid ShaltielMoshe DayanYisrael GaliliYigal AllonYitzhak RabinMoshe CarmelAharon RemezMickey Marcus †Gershon ZakShlomo ShamirAmin al-HusseiniAbdul Qadir al-Husayni †Hasan Salama †Azzam PashaFawzi al-QawuqjiAbdullah IJohn Bagot GlubbHabis MajaliFarouk IAhmed Ali al-MwawiMohamed NaguibGordon MacMillanStrengthIsrael: c. 10,000 initially, rising to 115,000 by March 1949Arabs:c. 2,000 initially, rising to 70,000 Egypt: 10,000 initially; later 20,000Iraq: 3,000 initially; later 15,000–18,000Syria: 2,500–5,000Transjordan: 8,000–12,000Lebanon: 1,000Saudi Arabia: 800–1,200Arab Liberation Army: 3,500–6,000British Security Forces: 70,000Casualties and lossesUSSOC historian Stanley Sandler estimates 6,373 killed (about 4,000 troops and 2,373 civilians) Benny Morris writes that 5,700– 5,800 were killed.

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