Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva imwecheteyo (zvinobudirira kubva musi wa 8 Kurume 1918), kutungamira kweOttoman kwakachinja. Nzvimbo yepamusoro-soro yeOttoman muPalestine yaiva Yıldırım Army Group. Boka remauto rakatanga kuumbwa kuti ritore Baghdad iyo yakanga yatorwa nemaBritish muna Kurume 1917. Panzvimbo pezvo, yakanga yadzoserwa kuPalestine uko vaBritain vakanga vava pedyo nokutora Jerusarema. Mutungamiri weArmy Group akanga ari mukuru mukuru weGermany Erich von Falkenhayn, uyo aida kuenderera mberi nehurongwa hwe "kudzivirira kudzivirira" pane kuchengetedza nzvimbo dzose chero ipi zvayo. Akanga akagadzirirawo kudzokera shure kuti apfupise nzira dzake dzokukurukurirana uye kuderedza kudikanwa kwevarwi vanogara. Zvisinei, akanga asingafarirwi pakati pevakuru vakuru veOttoman, zvikurukuru nokuti aivimba nevakuru vakuru veGermany panzvimbo pevakuru vakuru veOttoman, uye akapomerwa kukundwa pa
Gaza neJerusarema. Akatsiviwa nomumwe mukuru mukuru weGermany, Otto Liman von Sanders, uyo akanga arayira kudzivirirwa kweOttoman munguva yeGallipoli Campaign. Liman akafunga kuti kuramba uchidzokera kuPalestine kwaizoderedza simba revarwi, kuparadza mhuka dzavo dzekutakura, kukurudzira Kupandukira kweArabhu kuti kupararire kuchamhembe kunzvimbo dzekumashure dzeOttoman uye zvakare kutungamira kune ese mauto eOttoman kumaodzanyemba muHejaz pakupedzisira akaparadzaniswa. Mauto ake akamisa kudzokera shure uye akachera kuti arwise maBritish, achitotorazve imwe nzvimbo pedyo neJorodhani sezvo kurwisa kaviri kwaAllenby kuyambuka Jorodhani kwakadzoserwa.