Arab Communities Captured in Operation Hiram
| Name | Population 1945 census |
Date | Resistance | Brigade | Massacre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Nabi Rubin | Early October 1948 | none | n/a | ||
| Mirun | 290 | October 29, 1948 | militia 'company' | 7th Brigade Carmeli Brigade |
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| Safsaf | 910 | October 29, 1948 | ALA 2nd Battalion | 7th Brigade | see Safsaf massacre |
| Jish | October 29, 1948 | Syrian battalion | 7th Brigade | 10 POWs + "a number of" civilians | |
| Sa'sa | 1,130 | October 30, 1948 | none | 7th Brigade Druze unit |
Alleged killings of civilians. However, the relevant files remain closed to historians. |
| Suhmata | October 30, 1948 | none | Golani Brigade | ||
| Dayr al-Qassi | 2,300 | October 30, 1948 | none | n/a | |
| Dayshum | 590 | October 30, 1948 | N/A | 7th Brigade | |
| Eilabun | October 30, 1948 | ALA force | Golani | see Eilabun massacre | |
| Fara | 320 | October 30, 1948 | N/A | 7th Brigade | |
| al-Farradiyya | 670 | October 30, 1948 | N/A | Golani Brigade | |
| Ghabbatiyya | 60 | October 30, | Arab Liberation Army | N/A | |
| Kafr 'Inan | 360 | October 30, 1948 | none | Golani Brigade | |
| Marus | October 30, 1948 | none | 7th Brigade | ||
| al Ras al Ahmar | 620 | October 30, 1948 | 'empty' | 7th Brigade | |
| Sabalan, Safad | 70 | N/A | Golani Brigade | ||
| Saliha | 1,070 | 30 October 1948 | none | 7th Brigade | Documented 60–94 killed |
| Kafr Bir'im | 710 | October 31, 1948 | 'surrendered' | N/A | |
| Arab al-Samniyya | 200 | October 30–31, 1948 | none | 7th, Carmeli, Golani, Oded | |
| Iqrit | 490 | October 31, 1948 | none | Oded Brigade | |
| Iribbin, Khirbat | 360 | October 31, 1948 | none | Oded Brigade | |
| Hula | October 31, 1948 | see Hula massacre | |||
| Al-Mansura, Acre | 2,300 | October 1948 | N/A | N/A | |
| Tarbikha | 1,000 | end of October 1948 | none | Oded Brigade | |
| Suruh | November 1948 | none | ? |
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