Tantura massacre

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The Tantura massacre took place on 22–23 May 1948 during the 1948 Palestine war, when Palestinian villagers were massacred by Israel's Haganah (a precursor to the Israel Defense Forces), namely the Alexandroni Brigade. The massacre occurred after the surrender of the village of Tantura, a small village of roughly 1,500 located near Haifa. The number of those killed is unknown, with estimates ranging from "dozens" to 200+. After the massacre, most of the village was destroyed and its residents were expelled, forming a part of the broader expulsion of Palestinians during the 1948 war and the Nakba. Many of the women and children were transported to the nearby town of Furaydis. The Israeli kibbutz and beach resort of Nahsholim was established on the site of the depopulated village. The victims were buried in mass graves, one of them presently beneath a parking lot for the nearby Tel Dor beach. Initially, there were few reports of the massacre and oral testimonies by surviving Palestinians...

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