| Abu Shusha massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 1948 Palestine war and the 1948 Palestinian expulsion | |
 Abu Shusha in 1945 | |
| Location | Abu Shusha, Mandatory Palestine |
| Date | 13–14 May 1948 |
| Target |  Palestinian Arabs |
| Deaths | 60–70+ killed |
| Perpetrators |  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.[1][2]
- ^ Ghanim, Honaida (2011). "The Nakba". In Rouhana, N. N.; Sabbagh-Khoury, A. (eds.). The Palestinians in Israel: Readings in History, Politics and Society (PDF). p. 23.
In the village of Abu Shusha in the District of Ramla a unit of the Givati Brigade committed a massacre in which 60 villagers were murdered.
- ^ Maarouf, Mazen; Abutabikh, Tasnim; Aysha, Emad El-Din; Dabbagh, Selma; Haddad, Saleem; Hamed, Anwar; Kayyal, Majd; Maqboul, Abdalmuti; Masoud, Ahmed (2019-07-25). Palestine +100: Stories from a century after the Nakba. Comma Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-912697-20-5.