Following token resistance, the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazareth">Nazareth</a>, revered by Christians as the hometown of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus" id="mw8g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>, capitulates to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" id="mw8w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel">Israeli</a> troops during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dekel" id="mw9A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Dekel">Operation Dekel</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab–Israeli_War" id="mw9Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a>.