Day 172 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

פלמ״ח PALMAḤ opened a corridor through שער ציון ŜAʾAR ẒIYON at approximately 02:00, connecting the besieged הרובע היהודי HAʾROVA HAʾYEHUDI to supplies and additional fighters. The expected medical evacuation and relief did not materialize. The force withdrew at 06:30. פלמ״ח PALMAḤ opened a corridor through שער ציון ŜAʾAR ẒIYON. treats the breakthrough and failure to retain the route together without moving the later surrender to this date.^{1 2}

A representative of the potash company brought דוד בן-גוריון DAVID BEN-GURION a proposal to transfer the northern concession area to Transjordan’s ruler and leave personnel there without their weapons. The diary records rejection of the proposed territorial transfer. It establishes the proposal and response, not an implemented agreement or a verified surrender of every northern position.³

The diary reports commune members moving to other defended settlements in the valley and objects that departures occurred without command instructions. Its entry date is evidence of receipt, not a departure timestamp for each household. The named communities’ movements cannot become a single 19 May evacuation count.⁴

The entry also discusses using empty Arab homes in חיפה HAIFA for arriving immigrants. That establishes a reported housing practice. It does not establish how each former household left, whether each home was legally available, or whether an individual family was denied return. The military and civilian crises require evidence at the household level, rather than assumptions from an empty building.⁵

This is Day 172 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-05-19. This is the civil-day rundown for 1948-05-19 (19 May 1948), Day 172 of the 599-day series counted from 30 November 1947. Its public daytime route isי׳ באייר ה׳תש״ח 10th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708, using the fixed Hebrew calendar; the next local sunset beginsי״א באייר ה׳תש״ח 11th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708. Events at night and overseas actions use the occurrence basis stated in their linked studies. An entry dated this day can report earlier news: receipt, publication and occurrence have not been merged. The cited records support the sections above rather than an invented complete daily casualty or displacement total. ^{6 7 8}

• Why did opening a gate fail to complete the community’s relief?
• Which source in this rundown gives an occurrence date, and which gives only a report or decision date?