didn't mean to post the link again. sorry. tired.

Some of the aircraft were lost en route to Israel. The delivery of aircraft began on May 20, 1948, and was conducted from the Czech airfield near the town of Žatec. Some of Avia fighters were dismantled and flown to Israel in transport airplanes.[4]

Some of the deliveries were not finished until after cessation of hostilities. Only eighteen Spitfires reached Israel prior to end of war by direct flight from Czechoslovakia during operations Velvetta 1 in September (6 planes) and Velvetta 2 in December 1948 (12 planes), both operations with a refueling stop in Yugoslavia. During operation Velvetta 2 Spitfires were repainted in Yugoslav Air Force markings for the flight from Kunovice to Nikšić.[5] The rest were shipped in crates, officially declared as scrap iron, along with 12 Merlin 66 engines, and deliveries lasted until the end of April 1950."

This is the closest evidence I can see to the point your making, but refers solely to the aircraft provided from Czechoslovakia and doesn't include the American given planes

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
during the first phase of the second stage of the war, they started receiving shipments. the first stage of the entire war (before the wider intervention of Arab nations) was in 1947, a year before any of the shipments arrived. this means they had to import everything after the British blockade was lifted at the start of the first phase of the second stage of the war.

didn't mean to post the link again. sorry. tired.

A war that started in 48 after the Israelis had stockpiled since 46.
It's 4AM here and I've barely slept this so I could be missing the exact text you refer to but I can't see anywhere that says "they had no planes tanks or artillery to repel the attack"

Not true in the slightest, your own source says otherwise

on day one, they didn't, as it had been purchased but not shipped over, as evident by the fact that they only began to ship in major arms when the British blockade ended.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War#First_phase:_15_May_.E2.80.93_11_June_1948
I know i posted the link to the second phase, but the war itself was one single war for everyone observing.

A war that started in 48 after the Israelis had stockpiled since 46.
It's 4AM here and I've barely slept this so I could be missing the exact text you refer to but I can't see anywhere that says "they had no planes tanks or artillery to repel the attack"