- year. The name
Eilat was
given to the
abandoned frontier post of Umm al-
Rashrāsh (أم الرشراش) in 1949 by the
Committee for the
Designation of Place-Names...
-
March 1949
during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to mark the
capture of Umm
Rashrash. The flag’s
display in what
later became the city of
Eilat was replaced...
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Jordanian forces withdrew. Simultaneously,
Negev forces moved towards Umm
Rashrash through the
Valley of Fingers. At night, the
Alexandroni Brigade set sail...
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secured the
Southern Negev,
reaching the
southern tip of Palestine: Umm
Rashrash on the Red Sea (where
Eilat was
built later) and
taking it
without a battle...
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control of the area
around the
abandoned coastal police station of Umm al-
Rashrash,
where Israel later built the town of Eilat, as part of
Operation Uvda...
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Beersheba al-Imara (Ofakim, Urim) al-Jammama (Ruhama) al-Khalasa Umm al-
Rashrash (Eilat)
Khirbat ****ais (Al-Qadirat clan of Al-Tiyaha tribe) (Ofakim) "سكان...
- the
brigade successfully captured the Jordanian-held
outpost of Umm al-
Rashrash—now
known as Eilat—at the
southernmost tip of the
newly created country...
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Israel launched Operation Uvda; by 10 March, the
Israelis reached Umm
Rashrash (where
Eilat was
built later) and took it
without a battle. The
Negev Brigade...
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around Rafah. In
March 1949, the
brigade was
tasked with
capturing Umm
Rashrash,
today Eilat, with the 7th
Armored Brigade.
Golani advanced through the...
- Uvda 31°01′30″N 35°03′50″E / 31.025°N 35.064°E / 31.025; 35.064 Um
Rashrash Beersheba 10
March 1949 46 Uvda
Baysamun Safad 25 May 1948 23 2,102 Yiftach...
