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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Deir Yassin massacre Part of the Nakba, 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and Plan Dalet Jewish paramilitaries in Deir Yassin Location Deir Yassin, Mandatory Palestine Date April 9, 1948 (1948-04-09) [a] Target Palestinian Arab villagers Weapons Firearms, grenades, and explosives Deaths ...
Deir Yassin has been identified as one of the villages given as a fief to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the 12th century. [5] However, in 1136 Fulk, King of Jerusalem confirmed it was a casale under the Knights Hospitallers.
Deir Yassin massacre: April 9, 1948 107 100-254 Arabs killed [50] [51] [52] Hadassah medical convoy massacre: April 13, 1948 79 78 Jews (nurses, doctors, and patients) and one British soldier killed [53] [54] Ein al Zeitun massacre: May 3, 1948 55 37–70 Arab prisoners Kfar Etzion massacre: May 13, 1948 129 127–157 Jews killed [1] Abu Shusha ...
The village of Deir Yassin was located west of Jerusalem, but its strategic importance was debatable and its inhabitants had not participated in the war until one week before the attack. [107] [108] On 9 April, around 120 men from the Irgun and the Lehi attacked the village in the context of the Operation Nachshon. The poorly armed inhabitants ...
Deir Yassin is a village located 5 kilometres west of Jerusalem. On 9 April 1948, independently of operation Nachshon, around 120 Irgun and Lehi men attacked the village and ran into resistance, capturing it after a fierce battle with Palmach help. The Irgun and Lehi lost 4 dead and 35 wounded.
The Irgun's most controversial operation during this period, carried out alongside Lehi, was an assault on the Arab village of Deir Yassin in which more than a hundred villagers and four of the attackers were killed. The event later became known as the Deir Yassin massacre, though Irgun and Lehi sources would deny a massacre took place there ...
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After the bombing, the hotel complex continued to be used by the British until 4 May 1948. It later served as an Israeli headquarters from the end of the 1947–1949 Palestine war until the Six-Day War. Subsequently, the Israelis reopened the hotel for commercial purposes, and in recent years, it has hosted visiting dignitaries and celebrities ...