List of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war

Following is a list of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war.

Arms acquisitions

Following is a list of operations undertaken by the Yishuv and later Israel to acquire munitions abroad.

Name	Etymology / English translation	Date	Description
Operation Balak	Named for Balak	March 31 – August 12, 1948	Aerial transport of arms acquisitions from Czechoslovakia
Altalena Affair	—	June 22, 1948	Irgun arms acquisition which led to Haganah's Operation Tihur and the destruction of the Altalena ship
Operation Velvetta		September 24–27, 1948	Transport of Supermarine Spitfires acquired by Israel through Czechoslovakia

First stage

Following is a list of operations between May 15, 1948—the Arab invasion of Palestine—and June 11, 1948—the first truce of the war.

Battles of the Ten Days and second truce

Following is a list of battles and operations between the first and second truces of the war—July 8, 1948—July 18, 1948. This period was named "Battles of the Ten Days" in Israel. Also listed are Israeli operations during the second truce.

Final stage

Following is a list of battles and operations from the second truce of the war up to the 1949 Armistice Agreements.