The Nakba
**A Village Remembered: The Massacre of Deir Yassin (April 9, 1948)**
Deir Yassin was a small Palestinian village with about 750 residents. It became a tragic example of the violence during the struggle for land. The village was attacked despite a previous peace agreement with nearby Jewish settlements. This resulted in the brutal killing of around 100 civilians, mainly women, children, and the elderly. One survivor, Dawud Assad, who was 18 at the time, remembers the horror and the forced expulsion that followed.