This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.32°38′30.3″N 35°34′2.6″E / 32.641750°N 35.567389°E / 32.641750; 35.567389 The Battle of Gesher was an attempted joint Iraqi-Jordanian advance against the newly created State of Israel during the 1947–1949 Palestine war.

The battle was a tactical Israeli victory as the Iraqi Army would move south to the cities of Nablus and Jenin to take over the Samarian Front, resulting in the halting of the advance to Afula.

[2] Its strategic position on the confluence of the Jordan, Tabor and Yarmouk rivers and its proximity to both Afula and Naharayim made it a fruitful target for both the Arab Legion and the Royal Iraqi Armed Forces when Transjordan and Iraq invaded the former mandate on May 10 and 14th, respectively.

The same day, at 16:00 local time, an Arab offensive into the police fort near the centre of Gesher was repulsed.

[1][5] On the 17th of May, the Golani Brigade conducted an ineffective aerial assault on Camel Hill and was later repulsed during an attack directly afterwards.