Kfar Etzion Massacre
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| Defender | Haganah |
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| Deaths | 129 Jews (fighters and civilians, some murdered after they surrendered) |
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| ID | 2462319 |
About Kfar Etzion Massacre
The Kfar Etzion massacre refers to a massacre of Jews that took place after a two-day battle in which Jewish Kibbutz residents and Haganah militia defended Kfar Etzion from a combined force of the Arab Legion and local Arab men on May 13, 1948, the day before the Israeli Declaration of Independence.
