Battles of Latrun
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The Battles of Latrun were a series of military engagements between the Israel Defense Forces and the Jordanian Arab Legion on the outskirts of Latrun between 25 May and 18 July 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Latrun takes its name from the monastery close to the junction of two major highways: Jerusalem to Jaffa/Tel Aviv and Gaza to Ramallah. During the British Mandate it became a Palestine Police base with a Tegart fort. The United Nations Resolution 181 placed this area within the proposed Arab state. In May 1948, it was under the control of the Arab Legion. It commanded the only road linking the Yishuv-controlled area of Jerusalem to Israel, giving Latrun strategic importance in the battle for Jerusalem.
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| area | region | 36 | Herodian Kingdom of Judea | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 139 | Hasmonean Kingdom | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 2014 Jerusalem unrest | intifada | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Ai | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Aphek | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Gal On | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Mizpah | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Ramla | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of the Kastel | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Unknown | Israelites, battle, Amalek | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 36 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 62 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege, Ancient Rome | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 102 | Campaign of Ptolemy IX Soter in Palestine | military campaign, Hasmonean Kingdom, Ptolemaic Kingdom of Cyprus | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 140 | Hasmonean campaigns against the Hellenistic cities | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 159 | Battle of Elasa | Seleucid Empire, battle, Maccabees | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 160 | Battle of Adasa | Judah Maccabee, battle, Nicanor | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 161 | Battle of Beth Zechariah | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 162 | Maccabee campaigns of 163 BCE | Jonathan Apphus, Judah Maccabee, Simon Thassi, military campaign, Timothy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 163 | Battle of Beth Zur | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 164 | Battle of Emmaus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 165 | Battle of Beth Horon | Seleucid Empire, battle, Hasmonean dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 588 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 596 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Assyrian siege of Jerusalem | battle, siege, Sennacherib, Hezekiah | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Battle of Altaqu | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant | Sennacherib, Hezekiah, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 700 | Siege of Azekah | Kingdom of Judah, siege, Neo-Assyrian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1050 | Siege of Jebus | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 58 | Battle of Mount Scopus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 66 | Battle of Beth Horon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 66 | Battle of Gabaon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 66 | Battle of Jerusalem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 68 | Zealot Temple Siege | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 70 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 132 | Siege of Betar | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 614 | Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem | Jewish people, Sasanian Empire, siege, Byzantine Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 634 | Battle of Ajnadayn | Byzantine Empire, battle, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 636 | Siege of Jerusalem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 970 | Capture of Ramla | battle, Fatimid Caliphate, Ikhshidid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 978 | Battle of Tawahin | battle, Fatimid Caliphate, Alptakin | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1025 | Battle of Michmash | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1029 | Battle of al-Uqhuwana | battle, Fatimid Caliphate, Banu Kilab, Banu Fazara, Tayy, Banu Kalb | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1099 | Siege of Jerusalem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1101 | Battle of Ramla | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1102 | Battle of Ramla | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1105 | Battle of Ramla | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1123 | Battle of Yibneh | Kingdom of Jerusalem, Fatimid Caliphate, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1139 | Battle of Técua | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1177 | Battle of Montgisard | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1187 | Siege of Jerusalem | Knights Templar, Kingdom of Jerusalem, battle, siege, Knights Hospitaller, County of Tripoli, Order of Saint Lazarus, order of Mountjoy, Ayyubid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1244 | Siege of Jerusalem (1244) | Kingdom of Jerusalem, siege, Ayyubid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1280 | Battle of al-Jassora | battle, Mamluk Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1775 | Palestine expedition | Ottoman Empire, military expedition, Al-Zayadina | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1834 | Siege of Jerusalem | Palestinians, Egypt Eyalet, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Mughar Ridge | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Ayun Kara | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Jerusalem | Ottoman Empire, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of Nebi Samwil | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Abu Tellul | Ottoman Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1936 | 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1936 | Battle of Al-Khader | battle, British Empire, Palestinians | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1938 | Battle of Mesmia Crossroads | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine | Irgun, insurgency, British Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1947 | Battle for Jerusalem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Saint-Simon Battle | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battle of 3 Shevat | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Atarot convoy | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | armed conflict, ethnic conflict, All-Palestine Protectorate, Palestine Liberation Organization, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian National Authority, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battles of Latrun | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battle of Gezer | Arab Legion, Israel Defense Forces, battle, 1948 Palestinian exodus | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Battle of Khirbat Abu Lacham | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Commissioner Palace in the Six Day War | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Liberation of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War | Jordan, battle, Israel | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1967 | Battle of Ammunition Hill | battle, human settlement | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2000 | Second Intifada | Iraq, Israel, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Fatah, intifada, Palestinian National Security Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2002 | Siege of Ramallah | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2002 | Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2017 | 2017 Temple Mount crisis | armed conflict, political crisis | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2018 | عملية عوفرا | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2023 | 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes | armed conflict, Palestinians, Israel Police | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2023 | Airstrikes on Palestinian refugee camps during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war | Israel Defense Forces, airstrike, chain of events | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | Operation True Promise III | Armed Forces of Iran, drone warfare, missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam | missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | war | 732 | The War of Pekah and Ahaz | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 735 | Syro-Ephraimite War | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1947 | 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine | civil war, Haganah, Army of the Holy War, Yishuv | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1952 | 1952 raid on Beit Jala | war | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1953 | Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd | state-owned enterprise, arms industry, public company, aerospace manufacturer, aerospace industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1997 | Aeronautics Defense Systems | arms industry, aircraft industry, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 2000 | mPrest Systems | arms industry, software industry, business, aerospace industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 2015 | Tomer | arms industry, company | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1948 | Israeli Ground Forces | army, IDF military unit | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1980 | Israel Border Police | border guard, gendarmerie | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 2002 | Centre for National Crisis Management | deep bunker, Ministry of Defense, command post, military base | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Ammunition Hill | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Latrun fort | tegart fort, building, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1700 | Qalʿat al-Burak | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1859 | המצדית העות'מאנית (מחלף השבעה) | outpost | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1941 | Qatra Police Station | tegart fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1943 | המצודה הבריטית בנווה צוף | tegart fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1982 | Yad La-Shiryon | military museum, cenotaph, building | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 2017 | Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War II | military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Israel 15 mai 1948-b-ar | Commons | ||
