Table of Killings and Massacres
Here is a non exhaustive table of killings or massacres that took place during the war :
Date | Event | Victims | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
18 December 1947 | Al Khisas, Safed | Villagers | 10 Arabs dead including five children |
30 December 1947 | Haifa Oil Refinery massacre | Workers | 39 Jewish workers killed by Arab workers in the aftermath of an Irgun grenade attack on the Arab workers that had killed 6 and wounded 42 |
31 December 1947 | Balad al-Shaykh massacre, Haifa | Villagers | Between 21 and 70 Arab villagers were killed. |
5 January 1948 | Jaffa Town Hall | --- | |
5 January 1948 | Semiramis Hotel bombing, Jerusalem | Civilians | |
8 January 1948 | Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem | Civilians | |
14 Feb 1948 | Sa'Sa', Safed | Villagers | 60 Arabs killed including small children and demolished 16 houses |
22 February 1948 | Ben Yehuda Street, Jerusalem | Civilians | Killing 58 Jewish civilians and injuring 140 |
11 March 1948 | Jewish Agency | Noncombatants | Arabs killed 13 Jews in a bombing |
13 & 16 March 1948 | Al-Husayniyya, District of Safed | Villagers | 'the total death toll was put at dozens by Israeli sources |
9 April 1948 | Deir Yassin, Jerusalem | Poorly armed fighters and villagers | 100 to 120. |
13 April 1948 | Hadassah medical convoy massacre, Jerusalem | Medical convoy | 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and scientists and 1 British soldier. |
1 May 1948 | Ein al Zeitun, Safed | Villagers | |
13 May 1948 | Kfar Etzion, Hebron | Civilians | 157 Jews killed by the Arab armed forces |
13–19 May 1948 | Abu Shusha, Haifa | Villagers | |
20 May 1948 | Al-Kabri, Acre | Villagers | |
23 May 1948 | Al-Tantura, Haifa | Villagers | There is no consensus among historians concerning these events. However, the M.Sc. thesis that raised the accusation was revoked, and a court of law upheld an agreement according to which the author, Teddy Katz, apologized and paid the expenses for publishing the apology. |
11–12 July 1948 | Lydda | Civilians | |
24–28 August 1948 | 'Arab Suqrir, Gaza | Bedouins | "ten Arabs who tried to escape were killed." |
28 October 1948 | Al-Dawayima, Hebron | Villagers | |
29 October 1948 | Saf Saf, Safed | Villagers | Between 52 and 70 Arab men shot |
30 October 1948 | Saliha, Safed | Villagers | |
30 October 1948 | Eilabun massacre, Tiberias | Villagers | Appears to be different from 2 November event |
30 October 1948 | Sa'Sa', Safed | Villagers | |
31 October 1948 | Hula, Lebanon | Villagers | |
2 November 1948 | Arab al-Mawasi, Tiberias | Bedouins | 15 Bedouin men taken to Eilabun and shot. |
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