Kfar Etzion massacre
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The Kfar Etzion massacre refers to a massacre of Jews that took place after a two-day battle in which Jewish Kibbutz residents and Haganah militia defended Kfar Etzion from a combined force of the Ara
Arab Legion Major Abdullah el Tell (far right) with Captain Hikmat Mihyar (far left) pose with two of the four Jewish survivors of the Fall of Gush Etzion. Around May 13, 1948.
Kfar Etzion 1945 1:250,000
Casualties of the Convoy of 35 being brought to burial in January 1948
Funeral procession leaving from Jewish Agency building, Jerusalem
Gush Etzion
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Gush Etzion is a cluster of Israeli settlements located in the Judaean Mountains, directly south of Jerusalem and Bethlehem in the West Bank. The core group dates back to the 1927 establishment of Mig
Kfar Etzion massacre
…living there. Much of the town's population was made up of Holocaust survivors. Together with three nearby kibbutzim established 1945–1947, it formed Gush Etzion ('Etzion Bloc'). According to one member of the settlement, relations were good between settlers and local Arabs, with attendance at each other's…
Beitar Illit, the largest city in Gush Etzion, was founded in 1985
Revadim, December 1947
Kibbutz Masu'ot Yitzhak, May 1947
Kfar Etzion, 1947