 Kurwisana kwakatanga muna January 1915, apo mauto eOttoman aitungamirirwa neGermany akapinda muSinai Peninsula, panguva iyoyo yaiva chikamu cheBritish Protectorate yeEgypt, kuti apinde muSuez Canal pasina kubudirira. Mushure meGallipoli Campaign, maBritish Empire veterans akaumba maEgyptian Expeditionary Force EEF uye maOttoman Empire veterans akaumba Fourth Army, kuti varwire Sinai Peninsula muna 1916. Muna January 1917 Desert Column yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa yakapedza kutorazve Sinai muHondo yeRafa. Uku kudzorerwa kwenzvimbo huru yeEgypt kwakateverwa munaKurume naApril nekukundwa kwemaviri eEEF munharaunda yeOttoman, muHondo Yekutanga neyeChipiri yeGazakumaodzanyemba kwePalestine. 