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مجزرة الدوايمة
Exact day29 October 1948
Al-Dawayima
On 29 October 1948, during Operation Yoav, Israeli forces entered al-Dawayima, west of Hebron, and killed its people in their homes, in the village mosque and in a nearby cave. The dead are estimated in the hundreds.
Linked context in the legacy record
Al-Dawayima, 24 kilometres from Hebron, had 3,710 people in 1945. On 29 October 1948, during Operation Yoav, the 89th commando battalion of the Israeli army’s 8th Armored Brigade entered the village and killed its people in three stages: in their homes and alleyways, in the village mosque, and in a cave at Tor al-Zagh.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Sana Hammoudi)
Editorial paraphrase · enDuring Operation Yoav, the 89th battalion of the 8th Armored Brigade killed villagers in their homes, the mosque and the cave at Tor al-Zagh.
Link to this citationThe exact number of victims is unknown. The Egyptian command in Bethlehem reported 500; the American consul in Jerusalem wrote of between 500 and 1,000; the village’s mukhtar documented 455 by name; David Ben-Gurion wrote of 70 to 80. The survivors dispersed to refugee camps in Jericho, Hebron and Jordan, and in 1955 the settlement of Amatzya was built on part of the village’s rubble.
Link to this chapterPalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · section: Highlight text (Sana Hammoudi)
Editorial paraphrase · enEstimates: 500 (Egyptian command), 500–1,000 (US consul), 455 named (the mukhtar), 70–80 (Ben-Gurion); Amatzya built on the rubble in 1955.
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article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
Account by Sana Hammoudi, Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question (Institute for Palestine Studies).
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29 October 1948 · day
10-29 · occurrence
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