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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 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
1948
Ramla Massacre 1948: The Surrender Ruse, Killings and Expulsion

After Zionist forces occupied the city of Ramla in July 1948, their officers offered its people a choice between leaving the city and mass i...

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
1948
Tel Litvinsky Massacre 1948: Battle for a British Camp near Jaffa

In mid-April 1948, as British forces withdrew from the Tel Litvinsky camp east of Jaffa, Zionist militias attacked the camp, where Arabs wer...

90 شهيد.
1948
Nasir al-Din Massacre 1948: Golani Kills Women and Children

On the night of 11–12 April 1948 two platoons of the Zionist Golani Brigade attacked the village of Nasir al-Din overlooking Lake Tibe...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
Al-Lajjun Massacre 1948: The Haganah Kills 13 Villagers near Jenin 1948
Al-Lajjun Massacre 1948: The Haganah Kills 13 Villagers near Jenin

On 13 April 1948 the Zionist Haganah militia attacked the village of al-Lajjun in the Jenin district, at the entrance to Wadi Ara, killing 1...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Nassir El-Deen Massacre

The Nasir al-Din Massacre (1948)The Nasir al-Din Massacre was committed by Zionist Haganah forces in the village of Nasir al-Din, in the Tib...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Qalunya Massacre 1948: Palmach Blows Up a Village near Jerusalem

On 11–12 April 1948, Palmach forces attacked the village of Qalunya west of Jerusalem, on the Jerusalem–Jaffa road, as part of O...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
The Deir Yasin Massacre 1948
The Deir Yasin Massacre

On April 9, 1948, Zionist forces from the Irgun (Etzel) and Lehi (Stern Gang), supported during the fighting by elements of the Haganah and...

245 شهيدا
1948
Abu Kabir Massacre 1948: Haganah Razes Jaffa Homes, Kills the Fleeing

On 31 March 1948 Zionist Haganah forces launched an armed attack on the Abu Kabir neighbourhood of Jaffa, destroying its homes and shooting...

Number of martyrs not confirmed
1948
Ramla Market Massacre 1948: Zionist Bombs Among the Shoppers

On 30 March 1948 Zionist gangs attacked the market of the city of Ramla while it was crowded with shoppers, killing 25 Palestinians. [1] [2]...

Number of martyrs not confirmed