Operation Yevusi

Operation Yevusi
	Part of the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
	; Katamon after Operation Yevusi
Date	22 April – 3 May 1948
Location	Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Result	Incomplete due to ceasefire imposed by British army. Palmach capture of Katamon.
Belligerents
Yishuv Haganah; Palmach; Etzioni Brigade; Harel Brigade;	Local Arabs; Army of the Holy War; Arab Liberation Army; Arab Legion; British Army;
Commanders and leaders
Yitzhak Sadeh	Ibrahim Abu Daya Kamil Uraiqat (local irregulars)
Strength
Two brigades	unknown
Casualties and losses
Over 70	Over 80

Operation Yevusi (Hebrew: מבצע יבוסי; Eng. "Jebusite"), also known as the Second Battle of Nebi Samwil, was a Palmach military operation carried out during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to assert Jewish control over Jerusalem.^[2] The operation, commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh, lasted two weeks, from 22 April 1948 to 3 May 1948. Not all objectives were achieved before the British enforced a ceasefire.^[3]

^ War in Palestine, 1948: strategy and diplomacy, David Tal
^ In the shadow of the struggle, Ervin Birnbaum
^ Collins, Larry & Lapierre, Dominique (1972) O Jerusalem! History Book Club edition by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Page 301. Sadeh to Rabin: "If we can get away with this Jerusalem will be all ours forty eight hours after the British leave."

[1] War in Palestine, 1948: strategy and diplomacy, David Tal

[2] In the shadow of the struggle, Ervin Birnbaum

[3] Collins, Larry & Lapierre, Dominique (1972) O Jerusalem! History Book Club edition by arrangement with Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Page 301. Sadeh to Rabin: "If we can get away with this Jerusalem will be all ours forty eight hours after the British leave."

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