Israel–Egypt General Armistice Agreement of 1949

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The Israel–Egypt General Armistice Agreement of 1949 was a post–Arab-Israeli War accord that established the ceasefire lines and demarcation boundaries between Israel and Egypt, forming a key part of the broader 1949 armistice framework.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armistice agreement ⓘ
ceasefire agreement ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Egypt–Israel General Armistice Agreement ⓘ
articleProvided exchange of prisoners of war ⓘ
freedom of access to Holy Places under UN supervision (general framework) ⓘ
prohibition of hostile acts across the armistice line ⓘ
withdrawal of Egyptian forces from the Faluja pocket ⓘ
basedOn UN Security Council Resolution 62 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 24 February 1949 ⓘ
clarified non-recognition of sovereignty changes pending final settlement ⓘ
conflictContext 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
createdBody Mixed Armistice Commission (Israel–Egypt) ⓘ
definedStatusOf Al-Faluja pocket (Faluja enclave) ⓘ
Gaza Strip ⓘ
Negev region boundaries ⓘ
documentType UN-registered treaty ⓘ
established Gaza Strip under Egyptian control ⓘ
Israel–Egypt Armistice Demarcation Line ⓘ
followedBy continued armistice regime until 1967 Six-Day War ⓘ
geographicScope Gaza Strip and its boundary with Israel ⓘ
Sinai–Negev frontier area ⓘ
southern coastal plain of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
historicalSignificance first formal military agreement between Israel and an Arab state ⓘ
formed part of the armistice framework that defined the 1949–1967 Green Line system ⓘ
influenced later Israel–Egypt peace negotiations ⓘ
inForceUntil June 1967 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalNature did not constitute a final peace treaty ⓘ
temporary military arrangement under UN auspices ⓘ
mediatedBy UN Acting Mediator Ralph Bunche ⓘ
linked to: Ralph Bunche

United Nations ⓘ
partOf 1949 Armistice Agreements ⓘ
precededBy UN-brokered truce arrangements of 1948 ⓘ
purpose to define armistice demarcation lines between Israel and Egypt ⓘ
to end active hostilities in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on the Egyptian front ⓘ
to establish a formal ceasefire between Israel and Egypt ⓘ
registeredWith United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
relatedUNResolution UN Security Council Resolution 54 ⓘ
UN Security Council Resolution 73 ⓘ
signatory Arab Republic of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Egypt

State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
signatorySide Egyptian Army ⓘ
Israel Defense Forces ⓘ
signedIn Rhodes, Greece ⓘ
linked to: Rhodes
signedOn 24 February 1949 ⓘ
stated armistice lines were not to be construed as political or territorial boundaries ⓘ
supervisedBy United Nations Truce Supervision Organization ⓘ

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Green Line → relatedAgreement → Israel–Egypt General Armistice Agreement of 1949 ⓘ
Israel–Egypt General Armistice Agreement of 1949 → alsoKnownAs → Egypt–Israel General Armistice Agreement ⓘ
linked to: Israel–Egypt General Armistice Agreement of 1949
Rhodes armistice talks → followedBy → 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Israel–Egypt General Armistice Agreement of 1949