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Zionist massacres
committed by the occupation against our people

We gather them here by name, date, and the number of martyrs, because forgetting is a second crime.

117 documented massacres
1938 — 2024 Span of the record
35 in this filter
1949
Yazur Massacre 1948: Palmach Attacks on a Village near Jaffa

Between December 1947 and February 1948, the Palmach and Haganah launched a series of attacks on the village of Yazur, southeast of Jaffa, t...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
The Safsaf Massacre, 1948: Men Tied, Shot at a Well, and a Haganah Admission

Shortly before dawn on 29 October 1948, Zionist forces stormed the village of Safsaf in the Safad district, as part of Operation Hiram to oc...

14 شهيد/ة.
1948
Umm al-Shawf Massacre 1948: Seven Young Men Executed by the Irgun

In May 1948, after the occupation of the village of Umm al-Shawf in the Haifa district, a force of the Zionist “Etzel” (Irgun) o...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Al-Abasiya Massacre

On 13 December 1947, two weeks after the partition resolution, 24 members of the Zionist Irgun gang stormed the village of al-Abbasiyya east...

9 شهداء
1948
Majd al-Krum Massacre 1948: Men Executed before Their Families

Majd al-KrumMajd al-Krum is a Palestinian village in the western Galilee, north-east of the city of Acre, on the road between Acre and Safad...

8 شهداء
The Hula Massacre, 1948: Lebanese Villagers Executed in Operation Hiram 1948
The Hula Massacre, 1948: Lebanese Villagers Executed in Operation Hiram

On 31 October and 1 November 1948, in the last days of the Nakba war, soldiers of the Israeli army’s Carmeli Brigade executed dozens o...

30 شهيد
The Eilabun Massacre, 1948: Executions, Expulsion and a Rare Return 1948
The Eilabun Massacre, 1948: Executions, Expulsion and a Rare Return

On the morning of 30 October 1948, Zionist forces entered the village of Eilabun in the Galilee and executed 12 of its finest young men in t...

إعدام 14 شاب.
The al-Dawayima Massacre, 1948: The Mosque, the Cave and a Soldier's Testimony 1948
The al-Dawayima Massacre, 1948: The Mosque, the Cave and a Soldier's Testimony

At noon on Friday, 29 October 1948, as the people of al-Dawayima were leaving Friday prayers, Zionist forces stormed the village and carried...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Jamzu Village Massacre

The Jimzu Massacre (1948)The Jimzu Massacre was committed by the Israeli army's Yiftach Brigade in the village of Jimzu, in the Ramla di...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
The massacre of Jisr al-Basha 1948
The massacre of Jisr al-Basha

On June 29, 1976, massacres were committed against its residents by Lebanese right-wing militias, most notably the Kataeb Party led by Pierr...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
Tantura Massacre | The beautiful city 1948
Tantura Massacre | The beautiful city

The population in 1945 within this village was 1490, with 202 houses. Before 1948, it had a road connecting it to Haifa, a railway, a port n...

250 شهيدا
Bayt Daras Massacre 1948: Siege and the Killing of Fleeing Villagers 1948
Bayt Daras Massacre 1948: Siege and the Killing of Fleeing Villagers

In May 1948 a Zionist force backed by armoured cars encircled the village of Bayt Daras in the Gaza district and pounded it with artillery a...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Ein el-Hilweh Massacre 1984: Storming the Camp near Sidon

On the night of 15–16 May 1984, on the eve of the expected Israeli withdrawal from Sidon, Israeli occupation forces surrounded and sto...

15 شهيد
1948
Abu Shusha's Village Massacre

At dawn on 14 May 1948, on the eve of the end of the British Mandate, soldiers of the Haganah’s Givati Brigade stormed the village of...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Safad City Massacre

In May 1948 Safad, the largest city of the Upper Galilee, fell to Palmach forces after two weeks of shelling and fighting. Palestinian lists...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Ain El-Zeitoun Massacre

The Ein al-Zeitun Massacre (1948)The Ein al-Zeitun Massacre was committed by Zionist Palmach forces in May 1948 against prisoners from the v...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
Al-Husayniyya Massacre 1948: Two Palmach Raids in the Hula Valley 1948
Al-Husayniyya Massacre 1948: Two Palmach Raids in the Hula Valley

In March 1948 Palmach forces attacked the village of al-Husayniyya in the Hula Valley twice within days. In the first attack they blew up 12...

45 شهيد
1948
Tiberias Massacre

On 16 April 1948, two days before the fall of Tiberias, a Haganah force attacked a house in the city’s Arab quarter, killing 14 Palest...

Number of martyrs not confirmed