On April 9, 1948, members of Zionist paramilitary groups, the Irgun (led
by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang (led by Yitzhak Shamir), entered
the Arab village of Deir Yassin and massacred over 100 men, women and
children. Deir Yassin had a population of about 600-750 people, and had a
reputation for being a peaceful village. There were also reports of
rapes and mutilations.
Excerpt from The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, by Israeli historian Ilan Pappé:
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