Al-Khisas massacre

The al-Khisas massacre took place in al-Khisas on December 18, 1947 near to the Syrian border and was carried out by Haganah militants, possibly from Palmach. It was a reprisal for casualties suffered in Safad and for the murder of a Jewish citizen by an Arab citizen near al-Khisas. Ten Palestinians were killed, five of them children. Five were wounded.

ee also

*List of massacres committed prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
*List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

References

*Benvenisti, Meron (2000). "Sacred Landscape: The Buried History of the Holy Land Since 1948". University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21154-5, pp. 102-103.

External links

* [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/104394284.html?did=104394284&FMT=ABS&FMTS=AI&date=Dec+20,+1947&desc=HAGANAH+KILLS+10+IN+RAID+ON+ARABS N.Y. Times: Haganah kills 10 in raid on Arabs]
*http://alberta.indymedia.org/print.php?id=7068