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ISRAEL. Haganah soldiers defend the "central front". 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 

In 1948 the British evacuated Palestine, and Israel was proclaimed an independent state, recognized as the Jewish homeland. The Jews, many of whom were survivors of the Holocaust, settled on land that was claimed by the Arabs. In 1948-49 the first Arabo-Israeli War broke out. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. The Israeli troops of the Haganah used to defend the... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Fighting for territory in Jerusalem on the night before the 'cease... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Members of the Israeli government forces (the Haganah),... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1947

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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Kibbutz members shelter during an air-raid in slip trenches,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1947

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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

Members of the Haganah , the Israeli Army, defending a Kibbutz... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Members of the Haganah, government army, moving up to... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haganah soldiers defend "central front". 1948. The Haganah... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

May 1948. The "central front". The Israeli government army (Haganah),... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. 1948. The Haganah Army base from where the soldiers move... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

The Haganah Army base from where the soldiers move to the front... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

The Haganah Army, along the "central front", marching towards... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

The Haganah Army, along the "central front", marching towards... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

An Arab village from which the convoys were always fired upon,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

An Arab village from which the convoys were always fired upon,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1947

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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. 1948. Units of the Haganah, Israeli paramilitary forces,... 
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