Operation Dust

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Operation Dust

23 august 1948

18 August 1948 : Conscription to Women's Corps

04 April 1948 : Mishmar Ha'Emek- the "rescuing army" under the command of Kaukaji attempts to conquer Mishmar Ha'Emek.

09 July 1948 : Operation Dekel is begun to clean up the central Galilee

21 May 1948 : The Air Force is established

02 April 1948 : The battle of Kastel

15 May 1948 : The beginning of the Arab invasion of Israel and the start of the second part of the Independence war

In approximately 400 nighttime flights over several weeks, Israel Air Force planes flew hundreds of tons of general supplies, weaponry, and personnel to besieged parts of the Negev. The operation got its name from the enormous quantities of dust kicked up by aircraft arriving and departing on the makeshift runway at Kibbutz Ruchama.

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