Deir Yassin massacre
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The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when Zionist paramilitaries attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, then part of Mandatory Palestine, killing at least 107 Palestinian
Jewish paramilitaries in Deir Yassin, April 1948
Menachem Begin (left) inspecting members of the Irgun in Jerusalem, August 1948.
A family from Deir Yassin, 1927
Deir Yassin and surrounds in 1948
During the 1948 Palestine war, more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs – about half of Mandatory Palestine's predominantly Arab population – were expelled or fled from their homes. Expulsions and attacks
Deir Yassin massacre
…despite the village having agreed to a non-aggression pact. It occurred during the 1947–1948 civil war and was a central component of the Nakba and the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. On the morning of April 9, Irgun and Lehi forces entered the village from different directions. The Zionist militants massacred Palestinian Arab…
Ruins of the Palestinian village of Suba, near Jerusalem, overlooking Kibbutz Zova, which was built on the village lands
Ruins of the former Arab village of Bayt Jibrin, inside the green line west of Hebron
Arabs leaving Haifa as Jewish forces enter the city
Clause 10 of the 15 May 1948 Arab League cablegram stating the expulsion of, at that point, 250,000 Palestinians, as a reason for their entry into the territory