Both Israeli archives and Palestinian testimonies confirm killings occurred in numerous Arab villages . According to Morris , the " worst cases " were the Saliha massacre with 60 to 70 killed , the Deir Yassin massacre with around 112 , Lydda massacre with around 250 and the Abu Shusha massacre with 60-70 . In Al-Dawayima , accounts of the death toll vary . Saleh Abd al-Jawad reports 100-200 casualties , Morris has estimated " hundreds " and also reports the IDF investigation which concluded 100 villagers had been killed . David Ben-Gurion gave the figure of 70-80 . Saleh Abd al-Jawad reports the village 's mukhtar account that 455 people were missing following the al-Dawayima massacre , including 170 women and children
Deir Yassin massacre
Deir Yassin massacre
Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine war