The
Battles of the Separation Corridor (,
Kravot Retzu'at HaNituk) were a series of military engagements between the
Israel Defense Forces and the
Egyptian army in
Operation Yoav, and were the centerpiece of the operation. They took place throughout all of Yoav (October 15–22, 1948), in the strip of land between the Israeli-held
Negev enclave and the rest of the country. This area is generally called the Separation Strip in Hebrew.