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Deir Yassin, April 1948

Attack of 9 April 1948 by Irgun and Lehi fighters on Deir Yassin, before the State of Israel existed. The U.S. consul reported 250 killed; Benny Morris puts the dead at 100 to 110.

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Dates: 9 Apr 1948
Place: Deir Yassin

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Irgun attacked the village on 9 April 1948 Primary record 1
Lehi attacked the village on 9 April 1948 Primary record 1

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1948 war According to Benny Morris Scholarship & press 2

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Benny Morris According to Benny Morris Scholarship & press 2

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Deir Yassin According to Benny Morris Scholarship & press 2
Deir Yassin Primary record 1
The U.S. consul's figure of 250 is a contemporary report; Benny Morris puts the dead at 100 to 110.

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9 Apr 1948 Deir Yassin, April 1948

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The Consul at Jerusalem (Wasson) to the Secretary of State, 13 April 1948 (FRUS 1948, vol. V, part 2, doc. 145), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 13 Apr 1948. Primary record
combined force Irgun and Stern Gang numbering over 100 attacked Arab village, Deir Yasin
Attackers killed 250 persons of whom half, by their own admission to American correspondents, were women and children.
Survival of the Fittest? An interview with Benny Morris, by Ari Shavit (Haaretz, 9 January 2004), Haaretz, reprinted by Logos Journal, 9 Jan 2004. Scholarship & press
The worst cases were Saliha (70-80 killed), Deir Yassin (100-110), Lod (250), Dawayima (hundreds) and perhaps Abu Shusha (70).

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