Holy War Army units around Jerusalem

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The Holy War Army units around Jerusalem were Palestinian Arab irregular forces active during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, particularly engaged in combat operations in the Jerusalem area under local nationalist leadership.

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Holy War Army units around Jerusalem canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian Arab irregular military units
paramilitary organization
activeIn Jerusalem area
linked to: Jerusalem region
areaOfOperations Jerusalem–Tel Aviv road
rural areas surrounding Jerusalem
armedWith explosives
light machine guns
small arms
belligerentIn 1947–1949 Palestine war (local Jerusalem front)
commandStructure local nationalist leadership
conflict 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
country Mandatory Palestine
engagedIn attacks on Jewish convoys and settlements near Jerusalem
ethnicComposition Palestinian Arabs
linked to: Palestinian
ideology Palestinian Arab nationalism
militaryTactics ambushes on roads to Jerusalem
guerrilla warfare
natureOfOrganization irregular forces
opposedTo Haganah
Irgun
Lehi
Yishuv forces
linked to: Yishuv
partOf Holy War Army
primaryObjective defense of Arab areas in and around Jerusalem
region Central Palestine
role combat operations around Jerusalem
status defunct
timePeriod 1947
1948
typeOfConflictParticipation civil war

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Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni commanded Holy War Army units around Jerusalem