Avraham Yoffe commanded the battalion that captured Beisan.[2] The 1947 UN Partition Plan allocated Beisan and most of its district to the proposed Jewish state.[3][4] It is possible that Irgun units were involved in parts of the operation.[5] Following the operation, the town formally surrendered with most of its residents fleeing. [6] Most Arab Christians relocated to Nazareth. A ma'abarah (refugee camp) inhabited mainly by North African immigrants was also erected in Beit She'an, and it later became a development town.