Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokubatwa kweBheeri-shebha musi wa31 Gumiguru nemauto aGeneral Edmund Allenby, pakati pa1 na7 Mbudzi mauto akasimba eOttoman kumashure paTel el Khuweilfe kumaodzanyemba kweZvikomo zveJudhiya, paHareira neSharia pamupata wegungwa, uye pa
Gaza iri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yeMediterranean, yakabata Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) muhondo dzakasimba. Pakupera kwevhiki uto reOttoman rakakwanisa kudzokera shure zvikuru usiku murongero wakanaka, rakadzivirirwa nevashandi vanoshanda. Mauto eOttoman XXII Corps akanga asina kukundwa muGaza, asi akaita hunyanzvi, hwekudzokera shure kubva mutaundi, achiratidza zvese kushanda uye kufamba kwehunyanzvi. Gaza garrison yakadzokera kumashure muzvikamu zvitatu, Ottoman 53rd Division yakatamira kumabvazuva, ichinonoka kuteverwa neDesert Mounted Corps, Ottoman 3rd Division yakatora nzvimbo yakasimba yekumashure kuBeit Hanun, nepo Ottoman 7th Division yakamisa Wadi el Hesi mutsetse wekudzivirira. Zvisinei, pamwe chete nekubatwa pakati pemutsara paSharia, basa reGaza rakagonesa kukurumidza kunanga kuchamhembe, zvichitadzisa kusimbiswa kwakasimba kwenzvimbo yekumashure yeWadi el Hesi. Iyi wadi yaiva yechipiri yenzira huru dzemvura pamhenderekedzo yePalestine, ichiyerera yakafanana, uye kuchamhembe kweWadi Ghuzzee.