 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Masimba eEntente akanga azivisa hondo paUmambo hweOttoman muna November 1914. Pakuvamba muna 1915 uye muna August 1916 vaOttoman, navatungamiriri veGermany, betsero nekurudziro, vakanga varwisa Suez Canal, chinobatanidza chinokosha pakati peBritain neIndia, Australia neNew Zealand. Pasi paGeneral Archibald Murray, maBritish Egyptian Expeditionary Force EEF akamisa mauto eOttoman muHondo yeRomani ndokuvadzosa kuMagdhaba nekuyambuka Sinai kuenda kuRafakuti vatorezve nharaunda yeEgipita ndokuchengetedza kuchengeteka kweSuez Canal. Pashure pokuvaka njanji nepombi dzemvura nomurenje, Murray akabva arwisa kumaodzanyemba kwePalestine. Muhondo Yokutanga yeGaza uye Hondo Yechipiri yeGaza muna Kurume naApril 1917, kurwisa kweBritain kwakakundwa. 