Editing 1948 Arab–Israeli War (section)

====Northern Samaria====
{{Further|Battle of Jenin (1948)}}
[[File:Afulahagana.jpg|thumb|left|Israeli soldiers in [[Afula]] ]]
An Iraqi force consisting of two infantry and one armoured brigade crossed the Jordan River from northern Jordan, [[Gesher, Israel#1948 Israeli-Arab war|attacking the Israeli settlement of Gesher]] with little success.<ref name="morris2008p236"/> Following this defeat, Iraqi forces moved into the strategic triangle bounded by the Arab towns [[Nablus]], [[Jenin]] and [[Tulkarm]]. On 25 May, they were making their way towards [[Netanya]], when they were stopped.<ref name="Karsh2002p60" /> On 29 May, an Israeli attack against the Iraqis led to three days of heavy fighting over Jenin, but Iraqi forces managed to hold their positions.<ref name="Karsh2002p60" /> After these battles, the Iraqi forces became stationary and their involvement in the war effectively ended.<ref name="Pollack149-155" /><ref name="Karsh2002p60" />

Iraqi forces failed in their attacks on Israeli settlements with the most notable battle taking place at [[Gesher, Israel|Gesher]], and instead took defensive positions around [[Jenin]], [[Nablus]], and [[Tulkarm]], from where they could put pressure on the Israeli center.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}<ref>''[[The Palestine Post]]'': ''State of Israel is Born'' (1948)</ref> On 25 May, Iraqi forces advanced from Tulkarm, taking [[Geulim]] and reaching [[Kfar Yona]] and [[Ein Vered]] on the Tulkarm-[[Netanya]] road. The [[Alexandroni Brigade]] then stopped the Iraqi advance and retook Geulim. The IDF [[Carmeli Brigade|Carmeli]] and [[Golani Brigade]]s attempted to capture Jenin during an offensive launched on 31 May, but were defeated in course of the subsequent [[Battle of Jenin (1948)|battle]] by an Iraqi counterattack.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}