Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak

Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak
Part of 1948 Arab–Israeli War
The damaged water tower in Be'erot Yitzhak, 15 February 2012
Date July 15, 1948 Location Present-day Nahal Oz, Israel Result Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel (IDF)	Egypt
Commanders and leaders
Shimon Forsher (local) Simha Shiloni (reinforcements)
Strength
65 men, 20 women (defenders)[1] section of two 65 mm Napoleonchik field cannons, 9 jeeps, 6 half-tracks (reinforcements)	Reinforced battalion
Casualties and losses
17 killed, 15 wounded	~170–200 killed and wounded

The Battle of Be'erot Yitzhak was a military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and Egyptian army in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was fought on July 15, 1948, in the ten-day period between the first and second truces of the war.

The Egyptian army, after unsuccessful attacks on Negba on July 12 and Gal On on July 14, assaulted the lightly defended outlying Negev village Be'erot Yitzhak. They managed to penetrate the village perimeter, but the Israelis concentrated in an inner position in the village, and fought off the Egyptian advance until reinforcements arrived and drove out the attackers.