The English Empire completed its military withdrawal.

The parliamentary answer by the minister of defense stated:

The last British Forces will be withdrawn from Haifa today.¹

The answer is prospective in its verb even though given on the final day. It establishes the government's announced completion date. The Israeli film archive catalogs footage of the final departure, supplying a separate record of the event; the catalog has been examined, not the moving footage itself.²

The article’s inherited calendar review already accepted June 30. The parliamentary statement and catalog support retaining that civil date. Exact embarkation times, ship movements and a unit-by-unit final roll have not been compared.

Remaining imperial installations around the port had constrained control after independence. The earlier An agreement placed military camps under temporary United Nations custody. placed vacated camps under temporary United Nations custody while withdrawal continued. Completion of the departure must remain separate from the agreement, the transfer of an individual camp and the admission of Israeli units to a particular site.

The next day’s diary records a visit to the airfield and later discussions of the northern front’s shortages. A newly available installation and a force capable of defending it were different resources. The departure altered responsibilities while the invading forces continued to threaten the state.³

Withdrawal from Haifa does not establish that the English Empire ended military relationships with neighboring states or lost all political influence in the region. Nor does it prove every camp, stockpile or civilian property was immediately transferred intact to Israeli authority. Those claims require the particular agreements and inventories.

The final withdrawal nevertheless mattered materially to sovereignty of עם ישראל AM YISRAʾEL. The government could plan defense around a port no longer occupied by the Mandate power's remaining troops. Its responsibilities included sustaining the city, absorbing arrivals and preparing for renewed war; a diplomatic announcement alone did not supply the personnel, food and weapons those tasks required.

The cited record supports 30 June 1948. TJD converts its daytime portion to כ״ג בסיון ה׳תש״ח 23rd 𝑜𝑓 Sivan, AM 5708; after local sunset the date is כ״ד בסיון ה׳תש״ח 24th 𝑜𝑓 Sivan, AM 5708. Hansard announces completion 30 June; the film catalog separately identifies the departure. Exact embarkation hours remain unexamined. ⁴

• Why should the end of the Mandate and the final troop departure have separate dates?
• Which camp inventories and handover records would establish what became available to מדינת ישראל MEDINAT YISRAʾEL?