What the records say
- When
- 14 May 1948
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 60
- Coordinates
- 31.86° N, 34.92° E
- Description
- 1948 mass murder by the Givati Brigade
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Abu Shusha massacre
1948 mass murder by the Givati Brigade
The Abu Shusha massacre took place on 13–14 May 1948 during Operation Barak, when the Zionist Givati Brigade mortared and then stormed Abu Shusha, in Mandatory Palestine, killing between 60 and 70+ Palestinian Arab villagers.
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