Despite the difficult climate and the unhealthy environment of the Jordan Valley , General Edmund Allenby decided Deciding that , to ensure the strength Cause_change_of_strength of the EEF 's front line it was necessary to extend Change_event_time the line which stretched Expansion from the Mediterranean , across the Judean Hills to the Dead Sea to protect Assistance his right flank .

During the cavalry phase of the Battle of Sharon the Desert Mounted Corps occupied Control the Esdraelon Plain ( also known as the Jezreel Valley and the plain of Armageddon ) 40–50 miles ( 64–80 km ) behind the front line in the Judean Hills .

The following day a section of Chaytor 's Force , attacked Attack and captured Conquering the Ottoman Empire 's 53rd Division ( Seventh Army ) on the main eastwards line of retreat Escaping out of the Judean Hills across the Jordan River .

Meanwhile , on their right the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nablus began Process_start with an attack Attack by the XX Corps in the Judean Hills against the Asia Corps and sections of the Seventh Army defending Defending Nablus , during the afternoon of 19 September once it became Becoming apparent the Battle of Sharon was succeeding , while Chaytor 's Force held Defending the extreme right flank in the Jordan Valley against the Fourth Ottoman Army and began Process_start their attacks Attack northwards in the Jordan Valley to capture Conquering the Jisr ed Damieh bridge .

During the cavalry phase of the Battle Hostile_encounter of Sharon the Desert Mounted Corps commanded Control by the Australian Lieutenant General Harry Chauvel , captured Conquering the Esdraelon Plain ( also known as the Jezreel Valley and the Plain of Armageddon ) behind the front line in the Judean Hills on 20 September , when the 3rd Light Horse Brigade captured Conquering Jenin .

The rearguard was set up to delay Change_event_time the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) cavalry in the Desert Mounted Corps after the British Empire infantry victories in the Judean Hills at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Tulkarm , and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Tabsor during the Battle Hostile_encounter of Sharon .

According to the historian Josephus , the forces of Ananus ben Ananus , one of the heads of the Judean provisional government and former High Priest of Israel , besieged Besieging the Zealots who held Defending the Temple .

While the First Jewish–Roman War ( 66–73 CE ) and the Bar Kokhba revolt Change_of_leadership ( 132–136 CE ) were nationalist rebellions Change_of_leadership , striving to restore Recovering an independent Judean state Statement , the Kitos War was more of an ethno-religious conflict Hostile_encounter , mostly fought Hostile_encounter outside the Judea Province .