 On April 17 , it was occupied by the Haganah . According to the newspaper , Lajjun was the " most important place taken by the Jews , whose offensive has carried them through ten villages south and east of Mishmar Ha 'emek . " The report added that women and children had been removed from the village and that 27 buildings in the village were blown up by the Haganah . However , al @-@ Qawuqji states that attacks resumed on May 6 , when ALA positions in the area of Lajjun were attacked by Haganah forces . The ALA 's Yarmouk Battalion and other ALA units drove back their forces , but two days later , the ALA commander reported that the Haganah was " trying to cut off the Lajjun area from Tulkarm in preparation of seizing Lajjun and Jenin ... " 
