What was Deir Yassin?
Also during this period, as part of their plan to terrorize the Arab population, on April 9, 1948 the Irgun and Lehi Jewish gangs carried out the massacre of Deir Yassin. Over 200 Palestinians were massacred in the raid on the Arab Palestinian western suburb of Jerusalem. ‘Abd Al Qader Al Husseini, the Palestinian commander in Jerusalem, was also killed in this period leading a counterattack against Jewish troops to recover the Jerusalem area village of Qastal.