Day 329 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

The comparative village study records that زكريا ZAKARIYYA’s residents remained after liberation, while عجور ʿAJJUR’s majority had left earlier and the remaining inhabitants were expelled according to the reconstruction. Prewar population figures are not same-day displacement counts. ^{1 2}

The October 23 diary records the commander’s account of the previous evening’s naval attack. This is not a second sinking. Its detailed evidence narrows the claim about the minesweeper’s fate. ³

The military chronology describes מנרה MANARA cut off during the continuing crisis. No evidence here establishes a second capture of the same stronghold on October 23. Original unit and press records remain needed for casualty identities and precise communications failures. ⁴

This is Day 329 of the 599-day civil-date series: 1948-10-23. 1948-10-23 is the civil occurrence date supported by ⁵ TJD uses the daytime Hebcal conversion, without the after-sunset option, to כ׳ בתשרי ה׳תש״ט 20th 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 כ״א בתשרי ה׳תש״ט 21st 𝑜𝑓 Tiŝrei, AM 5709. The working route does not resolve that uncertainty.

• What evidence distinguishes residents remaining at زكريا ZAKARIYYA from expulsion at عجور ʿAJJUR?
• Why does the October 23 naval account not describe a new attack?