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Citation source: Tauber's book: https://books.google.com/books?id=KOuezgEACAAJ;https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/08/03/deir-yassin-the-massacre-that-never-was/

In the aftermath of the battle, there were numerous different testimonies given about what had occurred. British police interviewed survivors of Deir Yassin, who claimed that the Jewish soldiers raped women, cut fetuses from the stomachs of pregnant women, and executed civilians.

However, Arab researchers Sharif Kan’ane and Nihad Zeitawi interviewed survivors of the attack in 1987 and not a single testimony mentioned rape or any mistreatment of Arab women. Additionally, Kan’ane and Zeitawi compiled a list of all of the villagers who were killed — 107 in total, which is significantly less than the initially reported figure of more than 200 dead villagers.

Another Arab researcher, Walid Khalidi, wrote a book about Deir Yassin in which he used the statements from 30 survivors, as well as other information that has been written about the battle. According to Khalidi, there were isolated instances of Jewish soldiers killing civilians, but the allegations of rape and other extreme abuses were fabricated.

In fact, it is now known that the head of the Arab Higher Committee in Jerusalem, Hussein Fakhri al Khalidi, convinced the survivors to spread this false narrative when they were being interrogated by the British, in order to discredit the Jewish soldiers and increase support for the Arab cause. [[Special:Contributions/2600:4808:6395:1200:D9CF:EB2F:C058:6C34|2600:4808:6395:1200:D9CF:EB2F:C058:6C34]] ([[User talk:2600:4808:6395:1200:D9CF:EB2F:C058:6C34|talk]]) 23:43, 8 February 2025 (UTC)