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Palestine war: Fighters from the Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing more than 100 Palestinian Arabs.
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First war of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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Movement supporting a Jewish state in Palestine
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Irgun
Zionist paramilitary organization (1931–1948)
The Irgun, officially the National Military Organization in the Land of Israel, often abbreviated as Etzel or IZL (אצ״ל), was a Zionist paramilitary organization that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948. It was an offshoot of the older and larger Jewish…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lehi (militant group)
Zionist paramilitary organization (1940–1948)
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Deir Yassin
Place in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
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Jerusalem
City in the Southern Levant
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Deir Yassin massacre
1948 mass killing by Zionist militants
The Deir Yassin massacre took place on April 9, 1948, when Zionist paramilitaries attacked the village of Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, then part of Mandatory Palestine, killing at least 107 Palestinian Arab villagers, including women and children. The attack was conducted…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)