Hebron massacre refers to the killing of sixty-seven or sixty-nine Jews on 24 August 1929 in Hebron , then part of Mandatory Palestine , by Arabs incited to violence by rumors that Jews were planning to seize control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem . The event also left scores seriously wounded or maimed . Jewish homes were pillaged and synagogues were ransacked . Some of the 435 Jews who survived were hidden by local Arab families , although the extent of this phenomenon is debated . Soon after , all Hebron 's Jews were evacuated by the British authorities . Many returned in 1931 , but almost all were evacuated at the outbreak of the 1936 – 39 Arab revolt in Palestine . The massacre formed part of the 1929 Palestine riots , in which a total of 133 Jews and 110 Arabs were killed , and brought the centuries-old Jewish presence in Hebron to an end
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Hebron massacre