Battle of Mishmar HaEmek

Battle of Mishmar HaEmek
	Part of 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
	; Jewish soldiers at the entry of the Mishmar Ha'emek, 1948
Date	4–15 April 1948
Location	Mishmar HaEmek, Mandatory Palestine32°36′35″N 35°8′30″E
Result	Yishuv victory Arab villages in the area occupied;
Belligerents
Haganah	Arab Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Yitzhak Sadeh	Fawzi al-Qawuqji
Strength
~470 militiamen	1,000 militiamen
	Battle of Mishmar HaEmek Location within Mandatory Palestine

The Battle of Mishmar HaEmek was a ten-day battle fought from 4 to 15 April 1948 between the Arab Liberation Army (Yarmouk Battalion) commanded by Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Haganah (Palmach and HISH) commanded by Yitzhak Sadeh and Dan Laner. The battle began when al-Qawuqji launched an attack against Mishmar HaEmek with the intent of taking the kibbutz, which was strategically placed beside the main road between Jenin and Haifa. In 1947 it had a population of 550.

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