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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.

125 documented massacres
1937 — 2024 Span of the record
125 in the archive shown
The Israeli Attack on Qalqilya, 1956 1953
The Israeli Attack on Qalqilya, 1956

The Israeli Attack on Qalqilya, 1956On the night of October 10–11, 1956, Israeli forces crossed the armistice line established in 1949...

70 شهيد
1953
Al-Bureij Camp Massacre 1953: Bombs on Sleeping Refugees

On the night of 28 August 1953 Unit 101 of the Israeli occupation army, led by Ariel Sharon, infiltrated al-Bureij refugee camp in the centr...

20 شهيداً وجُرح 62 آخرون.
1953
Massacre of Jerusalem

At sunset on 22 April 1953, gunfire broke out along the armistice line inside the city of Jerusalem, over a length of about four kilometers,...

10 شهداء
1953
The 1953 Attack on Falamya: Mortars on a Border Village

On the night of 28–29 January 1953, an Israeli occupation army force of 120 to 150 soldiers crossed the armistice line and attacked th...

9 شهداء
1952
Bethlehem Massacre

On the night of 6–7 January 1952, Christmas Eve for the Eastern churches, armed Israeli patrols penetrated several kilometres beyond t...

5 شهداء
1950
Azazma Bedouin Massacre 1950: Killing and Expulsion in the Naqab

On 3 September 1950 Zionist forces raided the lands of the Azazma Bedouin in the Naqab and brutally killed 13 men and women. [1] [2] The mas...

13 شهيد/ة
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
Bayt Jiz Massacre 1948: 13 Killed, a Woman and an Infant Among Them

The village of Bayt Jiz in the Ramla district resisted two Zionist assaults near Latrun before Zionist forces occupied it in late May 1948 a...

13 شهيد/ة
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
1948
Arab al-Mawasi Massacre 1948: Young Men Executed Near Eilabun

On 2 November 1948 the Israeli occupation army arrested young men of Arab al-Mawasi near the village of Eilabun in the Galilee, accused them...

16 شهيد.
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
Lydda Massacre 1948: The Dahmash Mosque and the Death March

On 11 July 1948 Zionist forces stormed the city of Lydda and opened fire on anything that moved in its streets, then killed those sheltering...

426 شهيد
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