Al-Bassa was not attacked by Haganah troops in May 1948.
 During civil war the Givati Brigade was deployed in the central region, and during the conventional war in the south as the 5th BrigadeThe 6th or Etzioni or Jerusalem Brigade  headquartered in Netanya, it covered the area from Tel Aviv to Zichron Ya'akovTo the initial six brigades, three were added later during the war:The 7th Brigade, in Hebrew "Hativat Sheva"  formed in 1948, manned mainly with Holocaust survivors and including a number of Machal troops
 The re-organisation led to several conflicts between Ben-Gurion and the Haganah leadership, including what was known as The Generals' Revolt and the dismantling of the Palmach

