<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">Arab–Israeli War</a>: Egypt <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yad_Mordechai" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Yad Mordechai">captures</a> the Israeli <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibbutz" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kibbutz">kibbutz</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yad_Mordechai" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Yad Mordechai">Yad Mordechai</a>, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.