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The opening as it read in 2005
Operation Horev was a wide scale attack against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev .1The operation started on December 22 , 1948 and ended on January 7 , 1949 , with the Israeli Defence Forces putting foot into the Sinai peninsula .2The name is that given in Scripture for Mount Sinai , now the modern range called the Jebel Musa ("Mount of Moses in Arabic) where the Jews encamped for a year (Exodus 3:1 and Psalms 106:19).3The goal of the operation was to liberate the entire Negev from Egyptian presence, destroy the Egyptian threat on Israel's southern communities and force the Egptyian into a cease-fire after all the Negev is liberated.4The operation was a huge success, and Israeli deep raids into the Nitzana and Sinai peninsula forced the Egyptian army to withdraw and accept cease-fire. Israeli withdrew from Sinai and Gaza under international pressure. v t e5
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IDF troops near Auja al-Hafir during Operation Horev During the Israeli War of Independence in October 1948, Operation Horev was a wide scale attack against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev . The operation started on December 22, 1948 and ended on January 7, 1949, with the Israeli Defence Forces putting foot into the Sinai peninsula . The name is that given in Scripture for Mount Sinai , now the modern range called the Jebel Musa ("Mount of Moses " in Arabic) where the Jews encamped for a year (Exodus 3:1 and Psalms 106:19). The operation was a success, and Israeli deep raids into the Auja al-Hafir ( Nitzana ) and the Sinai peninsula forced the Egyptian army to withdraw and accept cease-fire. Israeli withdrew from Sinai and Gaza under international pressure. v t e
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IDF troops near Auja al-Hafir during Operation Horev Operation Horev was a large scale offensive against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev at the end of Israel 's War of Independence in 1948 and 1949.Its objective was to trap the Egyptian Army in the Gaza Strip .The operation started on 22 December 1948 and ended on 7 January 1949, after the British threatened to intervene.Horev is the name given in the Scriptures for Mount Sinai , where the Israelites encamped for a year (Exodus 3:1 and Psalms 106:19): in modern parlance it is called the Jebel Musa ("Mount of Moses " in Arabic).
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Commander of the pioneering departure in Operation Horev Operation Horev was a large scale offensive against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev at the end of the Arab–Israeli War in 1948 and 1949. Its objective was to trap the Egyptian Army in the Gaza Strip . The operation started on 22 December 1948 and ended on 7 January 1949, after the British threatened to intervene. Horev is the name given in the Scriptures for Mount Sinai , where the Israelites encamped for a year (Exodus 3:1 and Psalms 106:19): in modern parlance it is called the Jebel Musa ("Mount of Moses " in Arabic).
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Commander of the pioneering departure in Operation Horev Operation Horev was a large-scale offensive against the Egyptian army in the Western Negev towards the end of the Arab–Israeli War in 1948 and 1949. Its objective was to entrap the Egyptian Army in the Gaza Strip .The operation took place from 22 December 1948 to 7 January 1949 and concluded after Britain threatened to intervene unless Israeli troops immediately withdrew from Egyptian territory.Horev refers to Mount Sinai in the Scriptures, where the Israelites encamped for a year (see Exodus 3:1 and Psalms 106:19).It is contemporarily known as Jebel Musa ("Mount of Moses " in Arabic).
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wide scale attack against the egyptian army in the western negev
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large-scale offensive against the egyptian army in the western negev towards the end of the arab–israeli war in
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