Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Jaba yaiva munharaunda yakapiwa nyika yechiJudha pasi peChirongwa cheUN chokuparadzaniswa kwenyika muna 1947. Mukati
hondo mauto omumusha akapfura motokari dzechiJudha mumugwagwa unokosha wokumahombekombe. Mukutanga kwaJune 1948, mushumo weIsrael Defense Forces (IDF) unoratidza kuti Ja'ba, pamwe naIjzim naAyn Ghazal, vaikumbira IDF, "kuvhura kutaurirana kwekunyorera". Hapana chakabuda muchikumbiro chacho. Musi wa14 Chikunguru, pamberi peMugovera, hurumende yeIsrael yakakurukura misha mitatu iri mu"The Little Triangle". Ben-Gurion akati pakanga pasina chikonzero chokukurumidza: "Misha iyi iri muhomwe yedu [...] Tinogona kuita chimwe chinhu pamusoro pavowo pashure pokunge [kudzorerwa kwe] rugare. Ichi chichava chiito chemapurisa... Havarangarirwi samasimba omuvengi sezvo nharaunda yavo iri yedu [i.e., muIsraeri] uye ivo vagari vomunyika yacho...[uye] misha iyi haimiriri ngozi yechiuto".