Day 186 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

Egyptian artillery and armor attacked נגבה NEGBA in the morning. The defenders repelled the assault, supported by mobile fire from the flank. Their initial question about whether they could respond followed confusion over a truce deadline. The attack did not occur during an already implemented first truce. The study The defenders of נגבה NEGBA repelled an Egyptian attack. preserves the battle and incident-specific losses.^{1 2}

The diary reports jeep passage and preparations for a route toward ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM through بيت سوسين BAYT SUSIN. These are stages of development, studied in A new supply route toward ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM was being developed., rather than proof of a completed 1 June road opening. The same diary discusses food reserves and supplies taken from neighborhoods; individual theft and institutional provisioning need distinct evidence before being given one legal description.³

The 3 June diary assigns air preparation near אשדוד AŜDOD to 21:30 on 2 June, before the 03:00 ground assault. The article צה״ל ẒAHAL attacked Egyptian positions near אשדוד AŜDOD. dates both to 25 Iyar after sunset, while this civil-day recap retains the evening air phase on 2 June. The 3 June entry also reports a previous-afternoon air attack on סדם S'DOM, with two dead and three injured. Those are transmitted incident figures, not a verified roll or a new 3 June raid.⁴

The supplied Le Monde 2 June citation remains behind an access barrier. Its alleged accusations are not adopted as checked findings or quoted from an unseen page.

This is Day 186 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-06-02. Its daytime Hebrew route is כ״ד באייר ה׳תש״ח 24th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708. Events after local sunset belong to כ״ה באייר ה׳תש״ח 25th 𝑜𝑓 Iyar, AM 5708. This recap is an event article about the civil day, including separately labeled reports of earlier events. Newspaper issue dates and diary receipt dates do not automatically date every action. The linked event studies explain reconstructed boundaries, unresolved clocks and casualty categories. ⁵

• How did confusion over the truce reply deadline affect the defenders of נגבה NEGBA?
• What separates reported jeep passage from a route capable of supplying all of ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM?