The villagers , who were farmers , lived peacefully and had significant interaction with their Jewish neighbors . But the fighting in Acre , and later , the Deir Yassin massacre , frightened them . The village was first drawn into the 1948 Arab – Israeli War on 6 February 1948 . On that day a number of armed Jews , using automatic weapons and Sten guns , attacked the village . They were driven back by village defenders
Deir Yassin massacre
Deir Yassin massacre
Al-Manshiyya, Acre