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Company C with some of the wounded. The Egyptians climbed the high walls that surrounded the courtyard and killed all the soldiers in the courtyard, including the company commander and his deputy. The only ones who managed to get out were an officer with eight wounded fighters, as well as the company commander who had been sent earlier to bring food and ammunition. Company B retreated in disorder through the formation of Company A, which still managed to maintain the breach. The remnants of Companies A and B managed to withdraw by 10:30 a.m.; by 11:00 a.m., an infantry platoon led by Major Abdel Satar Moshal retook the Hill of the Three Trees.
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After repeated bombing raids during 26–27 December 1948, two battalions—the 33rd and 35th—went in on the night of 27 December and continued into the following day. At 22:00 p.m. on 27 December, the IDF began to move to assessment points in darkness. The IDF postponed the attack for 11:30 p.m. due to
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