Day 232 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

Bernadotte’s July 16 cable supplies July 18 at 15:00 GMT. The Council had issued its binding demand on July 15. event://5708־04־11־second־truce־begins distinguishes adoption, notification, effective time and compliance. The local arrangement in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM began separately on July 17. ^{1 2}

JTA’s July 19 bulletin reported six Egyptian air raids on תל אביב TEL AVIV yesterday, six people killed and at least twenty wounded. It cited an ישראלי YISRAʾELI (Israeli) communiqué about a hit on the marked Strauss Medical Center. The reported raids precede the deadline; they are not July 19 attacks or automatically violations of the second truce. Final victim identities and strike times remain unresolved. ³

The diary reports the liberation of Karatiyya and more than seventy wounded with twenty-three killed or missing in the relevant fighting. The combined category cannot be converted into twenty-three deaths. The reporting period and individual outcomes remain uncertain. Liberating a position did not guarantee safe supply lines while Egyptian forces still threatened communications. ⁴

The diary also warns that the front at the deadline would influence the ensuing political struggle. A ceasefire could preserve unresolved dangers even while reducing large-scale combat.

TJD uses the fixed Hebrew calendar for Gregorian civil-date conversion. This is Day 232 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-07-18. Its daytime public route is י״א בתמוז ה׳תש״ח 11th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5708; after local sunset the Hebrew date is י״ב בתמוז ה׳תש״ח 12th 𝑜𝑓 Tamuz, AM 5708. The route identifies the recap, not the occurrence date of every component. The sections distinguish occurrence from dispatch, issue date, retrospective diary report and later investigation. ⁵

• How does the deadline change the classification of the same military action?
• Why is a liberated position different from a dependable supply corridor?