Abu Shusha
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Abu Shusha was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 8 km southeast of Ramle. It was ethnically cleansed in May 1948.
Abu Shusha in the 1871-77 PEF Survey of Palestine
Abu Shusha 1945 Scale 1:250,000
Abu Shusha 1945
Battle for Jerusalem
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The Battle for Jerusalem took place during the 1947–1948 civil war phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war. It saw Jewish and Arab militias in Mandatory Palestine, and later the militaries of Israel and
The Arab Legion besieging the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, May 1948
Arabs attack the commercial center 2 December 1947
Bomb attack by Irgun on 29 December 1947
Palmach soldiers attack the San Simon monastery in Katamon, Jerusalem, April 1948 (battle reconstruction)