Sa'sa'

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Sa'sa'

IDF soldiers in Sa'sa', 30 October 1948
Arabic سعسع
District Safad
Population 1,130 (1945)
Jurisdiction 14,796 dunams
Date of depopulation 30 October 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Cause 2 Explusion by Jewish forces
Current localities Sasa (kibbutz)

Sa'sa' (Arabic: سعسع‎) was a Palestinian village, located 12 kilometres northwest of Safed that was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

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[edit] Sa'sa' during the 1948 war

On February 15, 1948, a Palmach unit 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]

It was not until October 30, 1948, as part of Operation Hiram, that the forces of the Haganah occupied Sa'sa'. 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]

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  1. ^ New York Times, Feb 16, 1948.
  2. ^ W. Khalidi, All that remains, p496.
  3. ^ Benny Morris, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, p501.

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