On April 9, 1948, Zionist militias massacred approximately 100 Palestinian men, women and children in the village of Deir Yassin.
Located on a hilltop just west of Jerusalem, the Deir Yassin massacre was largely seen as a way to scare nearby Palestinian villagers into leaving their homes.
See also: Dr. Ashrawi on the Memory of Deir Yassin: ‘Israel’s Systematic Massacres Persisted’
