Operation Nachshon
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Operation Nachshon was a military operation of the Haganah during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine and part of Plan Dalet. Its objective was to open the Tel Aviv – Jerusalem road blockad
Telegraph dated 5 April 1948, confirming the beginning of Operation Nachshon that same night.
Villages captured during Operation Nachshon
Members of the Harel Brigade assembling at Khulda at the beginning of Operation Nachshon
Palestinian irregulars, under the command of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, moving to counterattack Haganah positions in Al-Qastal, 7–8 April 1948
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