Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo iyi yaive nematanho maviri makuru, yekutanga yaive hondo yevagari vemo ya1947<unk>1948 muMandatory Palestine, iyo yakatanga musi wa30 Mbudzi 1947, zuva rakatevera mushure mekunge United Nations yavhotera kupatsanura nzvimbo yePalestine kuva nyika dzechiJuda nedzechiArabhu, uye Jerusarema repasi rose (UN Resolution 181), iro hutungamiriri hwechiJuda hwakagamuchira, uye vatungamiriri vePalestine veArabhu, pamwe nenyika dzechiArabhu, vakapokana. Iyi nhambo yehondo inorondedzerwa navaongorori venhau dzakaitika kare se
hondo "yevagari vemo", "yemadzinza" kana kuti "yemapoka", sezvo yakarwiwa zvikurukuru pakati pemapoka echiJudha neechiPalestine echiArabhu, achitsigirwa neArab Liberation Army uye nyika dzechiArabhu dzakapoteredza. Rwakaratidzirwa nehondo yemagandanga uye ugandanga, rwakawedzera pakupera kwaMarch 1948 apo vaJudha vakaenda kunorwisa ndokupedzisa nokukunda kwavo vaPalestine mumishandirapamwe mikuru nehondo, vachigadza mitsetse yakajeka yepamberi. Mukati meiyi nhambo maBritish akanga achiri kuchengeta kutonga kunoderera paPalestine uye padzimwe nguva akapindira mumasimba masimba.