In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “committed by the israel defence force during operation hiram on october 30”. Today it says “committed on 30 october 1948 by the israeli defense forces as part of the 1948 palestine war”. Designation language fell while accusation language rose.
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Eilabun massacre was committed on 30 October 1948 by the Israeli Defense Forces as part of the 1948 Palestine war . A total of 14 men from the Arab Christian village of Eilabun were killed, 12 of them executed by the Israeli forces after the village had surrendered. The remaining villagers were expelled to Lebanon , living as refugees for some months before being allowed to return in 1949 as part of an agreement between the state of Israel and Archbishop Maximos V Hakim . It was one of the few Arab villages to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return. The massacre is the subject of the documentary film Sons of Eilaboun by Hisham Zreiq . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Eilabun massacre was committed by the Israel Defence Force during Operation Hiram on October 30, 1948. A total of 14 men from the Palestinian Christian village of Eilabun (Eilaboun) were killed, 12 of them executed by the Israeli forces after the village had surrendered. The remaining villagers were expelled to Lebanon , living as refugees for some months. The massacre at Eliabun is relatively well documented. It was one of the few Arab villages among hundreds depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war , to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return , and the village elders, the mukhtar and Maronite priests subsequently gave written testimony to the events. The Massacre was documented by the award-winning documentary film Sons of Eilaboun by Hisham Zreiq , a film that tells the story told by the villagers.
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The Eilabun massacre was committed by soldiers of Israel Defense Forces during Operation Hiram on 30 October 1948. A total of 14 men from the Palestinian Christian village of Eilabun (Eilaboun) were killed, 12 of them executed by the Israeli forces after the village had surrendered. The remaining villagers were expelled to Lebanon , living as refugees for some months before being allowed to return. The massacre at Eliabun is relatively well documented. It was one of the few Arab villages among hundreds depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war , to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return . The village elders, the mukhtar and Maronite priests subsequently gave written testimony of the events.The Massacre was documented by the documentary film Sons of Eilaboun by Hisham Zreiq , a film based upon the events as told by the villagers.
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The Eilabun massacre was committed by soldiers of Israel Defense Forces during Operation Hiram on 30 October 1948. A total of 14 men from the Christian village of Eilabun (Eilaboun) were killed, 12 of them executed by the Israeli forces after the village had surrendered. The remaining villagers were expelled to Lebanon , living as refugees for some months before being allowed to return in 1949 as part of an agreement between the state of Israel and Archbishop Maximos V Hakim . It was one of the few Arab villages to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return. The Massacre was documented by the documentary film Sons of Eilaboun by Hisham Zreiq , a film based upon the events as told by the villagers.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
War crime in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War The Eilabun massacre was committed by soldiers of Israel Defense Forces during Operation Hiram on 30 October 1948. A total of 14 men from the Arab Christian village of Eilabun (Eilaboun) were killed, 12 of them executed by the Israeli forces after the village had surrendered. The remaining villagers were expelled to Lebanon , living as refugees for some months before being allowed to return in 1949 as part of an agreement between the state of Israel and Archbishop Maximos V Hakim . It was one of the few Arab villages to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return. The Massacre was documented by the documentary film Sons of Eilaboun by Hisham Zreiq , a film based upon the events as told by the villagers.
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committed by the israel defence force during operation hiram on october 30
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committed on 30 october 1948 by the israeli defense forces as part of the 1948 palestine war
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