Day 179 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

דוד בן-גוריון DAVID BEN-GURION signed the ordinance establishing צה״ל ẒAHAL. It provided for land, sea and air forces and prohibited armed forces outside the national army. Establishment of צה״ל ẒAHAL. distinguishes the 26 May signed act from 31 May gazetting and the separate 31 May military order. Legal establishment did not integrate every organization instantly.^{1 2}

The Arab Legion took גבעת הרדאר GIVʿAT HA-RADAR after an earlier attack had been repelled. The Arab Legion took גבעת הרדאר GIVʿAT HA-RADAR. separates the capture from the night’s unsuccessful recovery attempt. Its source-specific casualty figures cannot be added to the totals claimed for the previous day’s battle at לטרון LATRUN.³

The 26 May diary records agreement among senior commanders that a ceasefire would be desirable if the capital did not fall. That is a recorded strategic judgment, not an achieved ceasefire or proof that the siege had ended. It belongs beside the 22 May demand studied in The Security Council demanded a ceasefire..⁴

The diary’s brigade-by-brigade review concludes that another 5, 300 personnel were needed under its proposed organization. Numbers changed within the discussion itself. The requirement is not a verified total already recruited or a description of every unit’s deployable strength. Building legal and practical military authority proceeded together, with shortages visible in both.⁵

This is Day 179 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-05-26. This is the civil-day rundown for 1948-05-26 (26 May 1948), Day 179 of the 599-day series counted from 30 November 1947. Its public daytime route isי״ז באייר ה׳תש״ח 17th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708, using the fixed Hebrew calendar; the next local sunset beginsי״ח באייר ה׳תש״ח 18th 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}

• What distinguishes statutory army creation from the personnel and equipment needed to make it effective?
• Which source in this rundown gives an occurrence date, and which gives only a report or decision date?