Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yaƙin yana da manyan matakai biyu, na farko shine yakin basasa na 1947<unk>1948 a Mandatory Palestine, wanda ya fara a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba, 1947, kwana ɗaya bayan Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta kada kuri'a don raba yankin Falasdinu zuwa jihohin Yahudawa da Larabawa masu cin gashin kansu, da kuma Urushalima ta duniya (Matsayin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 181), wanda shugabannin Yahudawa suka karɓa, kuma shugabannin Larabawa na Falasdinawa, da kuma kasashen Larabawa, sun yi adawa da juna. Wannan lokaci na yaki an bayyana shi ne ta hanyar masana tarihi kamar yadda
"civil", "kabilanci" ko "intercommunal" yaki, kamar yadda aka yi yaƙi da yafi tsakanin Yahudawa da Palasdinawa Larabawa 'yan bindiga, da goyan bayan Arab Liberation Army da kuma kewaye Larabawa jihohi. An nuna shi da yakin basasa da ta'addanci, ya ƙaru a ƙarshen Maris 1948 lokacin da yahudawa suka ci gaba da kai hare-hare kuma suka kammala da kayar da Falasdinawa a cikin manyan kamfen da yaƙe-yaƙe, suna kafa bayyanannun layin gaba. A wannan lokacin Burtaniya har yanzu tana ci gaba da yin mulkin Falasdinu kuma lokaci-lokaci tana shiga cikin tashin hankali.