Battle of Gesher

Battle of Gesher
	Part of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
	; Bridge connecting Kibbutz Gesher to Naharayim c. 1918
Date	14–22 May 1948
Location	Naharayim, Mandatory Palestine
Result	Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Transjordan; Iraq
Strength
2 infantry battalions; 2 French cannons	2 infantry battalions; 1 armoured battalion; 1 artillery company
Casualties and losses
Unknown	6-21 armoured cars; Infantry unknown

32°38′30.3″N 35°34′2.6″E / 32.641750°N 35.567389°E / 32.641750; 35.567389

The Battle of Gesher was an attempted joint Iraqi-Jordanian advance against the newly created State of Israel during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. The battle began on May 14, 1948, when the Jewish exclave of Naharayim was stormed by Arab forces^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] in an attempt to reach the town of Afula and link with the First Yarmouk Brigade of the Arab Liberation Army. The battle was a tactical Israeli victory as the Iraqi Army would move south to the cities of Nablus and Jenin to take over the Samarian Front, resulting in the halting of the advance to Afula.

^ "Battle of Gesher". November 26, 2008.
^ Morris, Benny (April 2009). 1948: A History of The First Arab-Israeli War. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300151121.
^ Tal, David (2014). War in Palestine, 1948 : strategy and diplomacy. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-76137-6. OCLC 881747492.
^ "Timeline of Arab Israeli War". 10 March 2002.

[:0-1] "Battle of Gesher". November 26, 2008.

[:1-2] Morris, Benny (April 2009). 1948: A History of The First Arab-Israeli War. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300151121.

[3] Tal, David (2014). War in Palestine, 1948 : strategy and diplomacy. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-76137-6. OCLC 881747492.

[:3-4] "Timeline of Arab Israeli War". 10 March 2002.

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