Day 321 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

The opening of Operation יואב YOAV joined the immediate supply-convoy dispute to a larger planned offensive. The October 16 diary refers to the previous day’s convoy; the October 18 American diplomatic telegram preserves the competing Egyptian account. Neither a later issue date nor one party’s assertion supplies a complete UN convoy finding. ^{1 2}

Klir’s October 15 entry records a ceremony aboard the immigration vessel גאולה GEʾULA in חיפה HAIFA. Its arrival total of approximately 44,000 concerns May 15–August 1, not people newly arriving that day. Institutional welcome and the military effort to secure the homeland were related features of state building, with different source dates and counts. ³

This is Day 321 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-10-15. 1948-10-15 is the civil occurrence date supported by ⁴ TJD uses the daytime Hebcal conversion, without the after-sunset option, to י״ב בתשרי ה׳תש״ט 12th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5709. This article is the civil-day recap, not an assertion that each reported or continuing action began that day. If the unrecorded hour was after local sunset, the occurrence belongs to י״ג בתשרי ה׳תש״ט 13th 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5709. The working route does not resolve that uncertainty.

• What would establish whether the October 15 convoy met the UN arrangements?
• Why is the גאולה GEʾULA ceremony’s arrival total not a count of arrivals that day?