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UN Palestine Commission Attack on Deir Yassin (9 April 1948) Letter from United Kingdom20 April 1948My dear Bunche, May I refer you to paragraph 2 of the Incident Report for the9th April, in which reference was made to the attack by Jews onthe Arab village at Deir Yassin.The following supplementary information is now available asregards this incident:-(1) The operation is believed to have been a joint National Military Organization – Stern Group enterprise undertaken with the knowledge of the Haganah.(2) The deaths of some 250 Arabs, men, women and children, whichoccurred during this attack, took place in circumstances of greatsavagery.(3) Woman and children were stripped, lined up, photographed, andthen slaughtered by automatic firing and survivors have told ofeven more incredible best-ialities.(4) Those who were taken prisoner were treated with degradingbrutality.(5) Although the Haganah is unable to deny that it gave covering fire to the terrorists responsible for this outrage, th