1. The Northern Arm - its forces were supposed to leave from Petah Tikva and split into several “fingers”:
  2. Battalion 33 - was supposed to take control of Rinatya and Wilhelma and then assist the armored forces of Battalion 89.
  3. Battalion 89 - was supposed to launch from the village of Kfar Sirkin-Rinatya towards the east and capture the villages of Qula and Tira. Once in control of these villages, the forces were to advance towards Beit Nabla.
  4. The 82nd Battalion, which commanded the 44th Battalion, was to break out simultaneously from the village of Kfar Ana toward the airport and, after capturing it, continue on to Deir Tarif and Beit Nabla. Upon completion of this mission, the 89th and 82nd Armored Battalions were to continue on to Ben Shemen, the meeting point of the two military forces.

The Southern Arm was supposed to flank the cities of Lod and Ramla from the southeast and cut them off from the Arab Legion forces that had established themselves to the east. During the planned encirclement, the soldiers of this force were supposed to reach Ben Shemen.

The plan of action was as follows: the Yiftach Brigade would depart from Al-Bireh (a village near today's Gezer), capture Einaba, the village of Kfar Gimzu, Daniel, Khirbet Zuhriya, and move toward Ben Shemen. After the encirclement, the forces were to break through with the combined forces of the Northern Arm. Soldiers of Battalion 3 were to fight in the streets of Lod (they had already been tested in urban combat in the battles of Safed).

From: Vakar, Ora, 1977, Lod - Historical Geography, published by Goma and the Lod Municipality - Cherikover.

It should be noted that the Inter-Brigade scope of the operation presented many difficulties for the Danny Operation headquarters. The headquarters itself was established at the police station at the Beit Dagan junction, but the subordinate headquarters were scattered over a very wide area: the Harel Brigade headquarters was in Ma'aleh Hahamisha, the Yiftach Brigade headquarters was in Na'an, the 8th Brigade headquarters was in the center of the industrial area north of Tel Litvinsky (now Tel Hashomer). The quality of the communication devices was not the best, and many malfunctions and disruptions were discovered during the operation. On top of this was the fact that some of the fighters were new immigrants who had arrived in the country only a few days before the start of the operation (members of the Foreign Brigade - Gahal, and foreign volunteers - Mahal). Their lack of knowledge of Hebrew led to mistakes and misunderstanding of orders. This also made the fighting more difficult on many occasions. Other difficulties were caused by faulty equipment (for example, shells with wet gunpowder) or lack of equipment (insufficient communication devices). Despite all the difficulties, the operation began on the scheduled date: the night of July 10, 1948.

From: Vakar, Ora, 1977, Lod - Historical Geography, published by Goma and the Municipality of Lod - Chrikover.