Sa'sa'
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Sa`sa` was a Palestinian town that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
| Sa`sa` | |||||
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| District | District of Safad | ||||
| Location | 12 km northwest of Safad | ||||
| Israeli occupation date | 30 October 1948 | ||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Hiram (And raided on 15 February 1948 by a force from the Third Battalion of the Palmach.) |
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| Israeli attacking brigade | Haganah | ||||
| Remaining population after occupation | 0 | ||||
| Remaining structures after occupation | some walls and houses | ||||
| Population |
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| Number of houses | 1931: 154 | ||||
| Israeli locality | Sasa (kibbutz) | ||||
| Public structures | boys' elementary school, girls' elementary school, mosque | ||||
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[edit] Sa`sa` during the 1948 war
On February 15, 1948, a Palmach force entered the village during the night and, without resistance, planted explosives against some of the houses. Ten or more houses were totally or partially destroyed and 11 villagers were killed (5 of them small children).[1] According to the official history of the Haganah, the village had been used as a base for Arab fighters.[2]
The village was finally occupied on October 30, 1948, as part of Operation Hiram. Those villagers who had not already fled were expelled. There are also allegations of war crimes at this time. Northern Command OC Moshe Carmel later reported that he had seen evidence of killings, and an official investigation by Major Emanuel Yalan suggested that some villagers, including cripples, may have been killed after the village was occupied. However, the relevant files remain closed to historians.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ New York Times, Feb 16, 1948.
- ^ W. Khalidi, All that remains, p496.
- ^ Benny Morris, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, p501.
[edit] 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. 153.
