The fighting occurred Coming_to_be at the beginning of the Southern Palestine Offensive , and together with attacks Attack on Hareira and Sheria on 6–7 November and the continuing Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe which had been launched by General Edmund Allenby on 1 November , it eventually broke Destroying the Gaza to Beersheba line defended Defending by the Yildirim Army Group .

Despite having held Defending this line since March 1917 , the Ottoman Army was forced to evacuate Escaping Gaza and Tel el Khuweilfe during the night of 6/7 November .

After the EEF victory at the Battle of Beersheba , the Beersheba to Gaza line was broken Destroying in consequence of a series of attacks Attack , at Tel el Khuweilfe , Hareira and Sheria and Gaza .