Eight documents issued by Israel's military administration in Gaza following the Sinai Campaign (Operation "Kadesh"), 1956-57. Hebrew and Arabic.
1-2. "Proclamations, Decrees, and Announcements [issued] by the Israel Defense Forces Administration in the Gaza Region, " Issue nos. 1 and 2 (presumably, no other issues were printed). Hebrew and Arabic.
3-4. Gasoline fill-up card and license/permit of free vehicular movement issued to the Palestinian politician Dr. Haidar Abd a-Shafi (printed and filled in by handwriting, with official inked stamps).
5-8. Four of the military administration's internal documents (printed, with several handwritten notations): • "The Civil Administration in Gaza" (outline of the structure of the new administration, printed November 19, 1956, roughly two weeks after the end of the campaign). • "List of Mukhtars" (list of town and village chieftains appointed by the Israeli military authorities in Gaza – Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya, Rimal Refugee Camp. • List of files of the "IDF Command for Gaza Region." • Outline for a report on the operations of the Israeli military administration in Gaza.
On October 29, 1956, the combined armed forces of Great Britain, France, and Israel entered the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula and captured these territories in eight days of fighting, in what became known internationally as the Sinai Campaign or Suez Crisis, and in Israel as Operation "Kadesh." Immediately after hostilities ceased, the State of Israel began consolidating its hold on the Gaza Strip, which Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion regarded as an historical part of the Land of Israel. Nevertheless, in March, 1957, in response to overwhelming international pressure, Israel was compelled to withdraw from the conquered territory.
Size and condition vary. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Fold lines. Punch holes. Closed and open tears.
Enclosed: "Egyptian Postal Order” – not filled out – for the sum of One Egyptian Pound, bearing the inked stamp "فلسطين" ("Palestine").