List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
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This is a list of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Massacre here means any event in which many civilian lives were lost.
The information about massacres of Arabs has been researched extensively by Benny Morris, see [1] (http://www.logosjournal.com/morris.htm). Information about massacres of Jews comes from other sources.
Note: In many cases the actual number of killed is very uncertain, and many of the facts are disputed. Details will appear on the page devoted to each incident.
| Name | Date | Responsible Party | Death Toll |
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| Jerusalem Riots of 1947 | December 2, 1947 | Arab residents | 62 Jewish, 32 Arab |
| Gush Etzion Convoy | December 11, 1947 | Arab | 10 |
| Beit Nabala | December 14, 1947 | Arab Legion | 14 |
| al-Tira | December 12, 1947 | Irgun | 13 |
| al-Tantura | May 22-23, 1948 | Haganah | disputed |
| al-Khisas | December 18, 1947 | Haganah | 10 |
| Haifa Oil Refinery | December 30, 1947 | Arab workers | 39 |
| Balad al-Shaykh | December 31, 1947 | Haganah | 12-60 |
| Jaffa bombings | January 4, 1948 | Irgun and Lehi | 30 |
| Lamed Hey | January 16, 1948 | Arab | 35 |
| Jerusalem Post Bombing | February 1, 1948 | Arab | 6+ |
| Ben Yehuda Street Bombing | February 11, 1948 | Arab (with British assistance) | 52 |
| Sa'sa' | February 14, 1948 | Jewish | 11 |
| Jewish Agency Bombing | March 11, 1948 | Arab irregulars | 12 |
| al-Husayniyya | March 13, 1948 | Jewish | 30 |
| Yehi'am convoy | March 26, 1948 | Arab | 47 |
| Cairo-Haifa train | March 31, 1948 | Lehi | 40 |
| Deir Yassin | April 9, 1948 | Irgun, Lehi | 107-120 |
| Qalunya | April 12, 1948 | Jewish | 14 |
| Hadassah medical convoy | April 13, 1948 | Arab | 77 |
| Kfar Etzion | May 13, 1948 | Arab | 120 |
| Abu Shusha | May 14, 1948 | Israeli | disputed |
| al-Kabri | May 21, 1948 | Israeli | ? |
| Lydda (Lod) | July 12, 1948 | Haganah | 250 |
| al-Dawayima | October 29, 1948 | Haganah | 80-100 |
| Safsaf | October 29, 1948 | Israeli | 50-70? |
| Saliha | October 30, 1948 | Haganah | 70-80 |
| Hula | October 1948 | Israeli | 35-50? |
| Arab al-Mawasi | November 2, 1948 | Israeli | 14 |
More recent Arab-Israeli conflict
See also the following wars and conflicts that are part of the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict:
Suez War (1956) | Six-Day War (1967) | Yom Kippur War (1973) | Lebanon War (1982) | first Intifada (1987-1991) | Al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-present)
External links and references
Pro-Palestinian Views/Sources
- Palestinian National Authority: General Reports - The Israeli Massacres 1947-1994 In Palestine (http://www.pnic.gov.ps/arabic/quds/eng/general%20report/quds_e_infring1.html)
- Arab-Israeli War (http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebook/arab-israeli-war.html)
- The Zionist Massacres from 1937 to 1994 (http://en.falastiny.net/books/massacres/massacres1.htm)
Pro-Israeli Views/Sources
- Jerusalem Archives (http://www.jerusalem-archives.org/period4/index.html) Includes some photos (non-graphic)
- Gush Etzion Revisted (http://www.jafi.org.il/education/festivls/zkatz/atz/etzion9.html)
- Arab Atrocities Against Jews (http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_independence_war_atrocities_arab.php)
- Article taken from Encyclopedia Judaica (http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/text/x24/xr2475.html)