Operation An-Far

Operation An-Far
	Part of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
Date	8–15 July 1948
Location	Palestine
Result	Egyptian victory Israeli failure to accomplish objectives;
Belligerents
Israel	Egypt
Casualties and losses
	20,000 civilians forced to flee by the Israelis

Operation An-Far (short for Anti-Farouk) was a military operation launched by Israel's Givati Brigade on the night of July 8–9 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Its objectives were to gain control of approaches in southern Judea^[1] and block the advance of the Egyptian army. The fighting continued until July 15, and was followed by Operation Death to the Invader.^[2]^[3]

^ James Cameron, "The making of Israel"; Pub: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1976. ISBN 978-0436082306. p.60
^ Morris, Benny (2009-03-23). 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War. Yale University Press. pp. 275–277. ISBN 978-0-300-15112-1.
^ Both Moshe Dayan and Shabtai Teveth refer to Operation "Death to the Invaders". (Shabtai Teveth), Moshe Dayan - The soldier, the man, the legend. ISBN 0-7043-1080-5. p.187. Moshe Dayan, Story of My Life. ISBN 0-688-03076-9. p.115. "I though[t] [the name] pompous, like the headline of an ideological tract."