Battle of Gaza

In the year 608 BC. After the alliance with the Assyrians, the Egyptian forces reached the Euphrates in northern Iraq, and they fought the Babylonians for three consecutive years. In the year 605 BC. The Babylonians, led by Nebuchadnezzar II, son of Nabopolassar, defeated the Egyptian army at Carchemish. In the year 604 BC. The extension of the Babylonians control over the bulk of Syria's part and Palestine. Remained Syria and Palestine rebel against Babylonian rule with the support of Egypt, King Nebuchadnezzar decided to wage a war against Egypt, and already equipped with a large army to attack Egypt went out the king of Egypt Necho II on the Egyptian head of the army to meet the Babylonians years 601 BC in the place known today in the Gaza Strip and a fierce and deadly war inflicted heavy losses on both sides, and the battle ended in the defeat of the Babylonians.