In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 april 1948 between the arab liberation army”. Today it says “part of the civil war in mandatory palestine ahead of the 1948 arab–israeli war”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
1948 battle of the 1947–1949 Palestine War Belligerents Haganah Arab Liberation Army Commanders and leaders Yitzhak Sadeh Fawzi al-Qawuqji Strength ~470 militiamen 1,000 militiamen Battle of Mishmar HaEmek Location within Mandatory Palestine The Battle of Mishmar HaEmek was a ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 April 1948 between the Arab Liberation Army ( Yarmouk Battalion) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Haganah ( Palmach and HISH ) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh and Dan Laner . The battle begun when al-Qawuqji launched an attack against Mishmar HaEmek with the intent of taking the kibbutz , which was strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa . In 1947 it had a population of 550. "The battle began on 4 April when the ALA shelled and attempted to take Mishmar Ha'emek...which the Haganah commanders regarded as one of the main likely routes for a major Arab attack on the Yishuv on or after 15 May." Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jewish soldiers at the entry of the Mishmar Ha'emek, 1948 The Battle of Mishmar HaEmek refers to a ten-day campaign fought from 4-15 April 1948 between the Haganah ( Palmach and HISH ) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh , and the Arab Liberation Army ( Yarmouk Corps) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji . Mishmar HaEmek just west of Megiddo was a kibbutz strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Jewish soldiers at the entry of the Mishmar Ha'emek, 1948 The battle of Mishmar HaEmek was a ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 April 1948 between the Arab Liberation Army ( Yarmouk Battalion) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Haganah ( Palmach and HISH ) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh .The battle begun when al-Qawuqji launched an attack against Mishmar HaEmek with the intent of taking the kibbutz, which was strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa .In 1947 it had a population of 550."The battle began on 4 April when the ALA shelled and attempted to take Mishmar Ha'emek...which the Haganah commanders regarded as one of the main likely routes for a major Arab attack on the Yishuv on or after 15 May." Jewish National Fund (1949).Jewish Villages in Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Jewish soldiers at the entry of the Mishmar Ha'emek, 1948 The battle of Mishmar HaEmek was a ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 April 1948 between the Arab Liberation Army ( Yarmouk Battalion) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Haganah ( Palmach and HISH ) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh . The battle begun when al-Qawuqji launched an attack against Mishmar HaEmek with the intent of taking the kibbutz , which was strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa . In 1947 it had a population of 550. "The battle began on 4 April when the ALA shelled and attempted to take Mishmar Ha'emek...which the Haganah commanders regarded as one of the main likely routes for a major Arab attack on the Yishuv on or after 15 May." Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
1948 battle of the 1947–1949 Palestine War Belligerents Haganah Arab Liberation Army Commanders and leaders Yitzhak Sadeh Fawzi al-Qawuqji Strength ~470 militiamen 1,000 militiamen Battle of Mishmar HaEmek Location within Mandatory Palestine The Battle of Mishmar HaEmek was a ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 April 1948 between the Arab Liberation Army ( Yarmouk Battalion) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Haganah ( Palmach and HISH ) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh and Dan Laner . The battle began when al-Qawuqji launched an attack against Mishmar HaEmek with the intent of taking the kibbutz , which was strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa . In 1947 it had a population of 550. "The battle began on 4 April when the ALA shelled and attempted to take Mishmar Ha'emek...which the Haganah commanders regarded as one of the main likely routes for a major Arab attack on the Yishuv on or after 15 May." Jewish National Fund (1949). Jewish Villages in Israel .
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ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 april 1948 between the arab liberation army
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part of the civil war in mandatory palestine ahead of the 1948 arab–israeli war
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