Village was occupied, and a massacre perpetrated against those in the village
Deaths
52–64
The Safsaf massacre took place on 29 October 1948,[1] following the capture of the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf in the Galilee by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The village was defended by the Arab Liberation Army's Second Yarmuk Battalion.
Safsaf was the first village to fall in Operation Hiram, the aim of which, according to the IDF, was to "destroy the enemy in the central Galilee 'pocket,' to take control of the whole of the Galilee and to establish a defense line on the country's northern border."[2] The village was attacked by two platoons of armored cars and a tank company from the 7th Brigade, and a fierce battle lasted from the evening until seven o'clock the next morning.[3]
Evidence of a massacre in which 52–64 villagers were killed by the IDF comes from several contemporaneous Israeli government sources and Arab oral history. The evidence suggests that 52 men had their hands tied, were shot and killed, and were buried in a pit. Several women reported allegations of rape by the IDF, including the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl.[4] At least two internal inquiries were initiated during 1948–49 by the IDF, but their reports remain classified.
^Bush, Lawrence (29 October 2013). "October 29: The Safsaf Massacre, 1948". Jewish Currents.
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