Battle of Beersheba (1938)

Battle of Beersheba
	Part of 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
Date	9–10 September 1938
Location	Beersheba, Mandatory Palestine
Result	Rebel victory
Belligerents
Palestinians	Mandatory Palestine
Commanders and leaders
Abd Al-Halim Al-Julani; ("Shalaf"); Military commander of the Hebron	Unknown British police chief †
Strength
	500
Casualties and losses
	Tens injured; One missing; 250 rifles and machine guns; 50 ammo boxes; 50 pistols; 200 bombs

The Battle of Beersheba took place between Palestinian rebels and the British Mandate forces and led to the rebels taking control of the city.^[3]

^ Nasasra, Mansour (2014). "Memories from Beersheba: The Bedouin Palestine Police and the Frontiers of the Empire". Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant. 9: 32–38. doi:10.1179/1752726014Z.00000000023.
^ Anderson, Charles (2021). "When Palestinians Became Human Shields: Counterinsurgency, Racialization, and the Great Revolt (1936–1939)". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 63 (3): 625–654. doi:10.1017/S0010417521000219. S2CID 235663103.
^ Yacobi, Haim; Nasasra, Mansour (July 2019). Routledge Handbook on Middle East Cities. Routledge. ISBN 9781317231189.

[1] Nasasra, Mansour (2014). "Memories from Beersheba: The Bedouin Palestine Police and the Frontiers of the Empire". Bulletin of the Council for British Research in the Levant. 9: 32–38. doi:10.1179/1752726014Z.00000000023.

[2] Anderson, Charles (2021). "When Palestinians Became Human Shields: Counterinsurgency, Racialization, and the Great Revolt (1936–1939)". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 63 (3): 625–654. doi:10.1017/S0010417521000219. S2CID 235663103.

[3] Yacobi, Haim; Nasasra, Mansour (July 2019). Routledge Handbook on Middle East Cities. Routledge. ISBN 9781317231189.

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