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| N/A
| 1939, June 16
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Jerusalem.^ref
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| N/A
| 1939, June 19
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa.^ref^ref
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| N/A
| 1939, June 29
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 13 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks around Jaffa during a one-hour period.^ref^ref
|-
| N/A
| 1939, July 20
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Tel-Aviv.^ref
|-
| N/A
| 1939, July 20
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 3 Arabs were killed in [[Rehovot]].^ref
|-
| [[1938 Tiberias pogrom]]
| 1938, October 2
| Arabs
| 19 Jews were killed.^ref
|-
| N/A
| 1944, September 27
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| Unknown number of casualties, around 150 Irgun members attacked four British police stations^ref
|-
| N/A
| 1945, November 1
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 5 [[Night of the Trains|locomotives]] destroyed in  station. Two staff, one soldier and one policeman killed.^ref
|-
| N/A
| 1945, December 27
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 3 British policemen and 4 [[Basuto]] soldiers killed during the bombing of British [[...|CID]] headquarters in Jerusalem; 1 British soldier killed during attack of British army camp in north Tel Aviv^ref^ref
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This is a '''list of [[wikt:massacre|massacres]] committed in [[Mandatory Palestine]]'''. It is restricted to incidents in which at least 3 people were deliberately killed. This list does not include unlawful deaths due to criminal activity. It includes all casualties that resulted from the initial attack on civilians or non-combat military personnel.

'''Note:''' The designation "responsible party" below refers to those believed to be the principle instigators of the violence. Where culpability is disputed or ambiguous, the sources cited support the chosen designation.

Individual massacres during the [[1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine]] are listed below. In total during the course of these events between September 27, 1937 – 1939 5,000 Arabs, 415 Jews, several hundred Britons were killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
==List of killings and massacres committed in Mandate Palestine==

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! Name
! Date
! Responsible party
! Casualties/notes
|-
| [[Battle of Tel Hai]]
| March 1, 1920
| Arabs
| 8 [[Jews]] killed;<ref name="RAABIC">{{cite book | last = Gilbert| first = Martin| title = Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict | year = 2005 | publisher = [[Routledge]] | isbn = 0415359015}}</ref> 5 Arabs killed. 
|-
| [[Nebi Musa riots]]
| April 4–7, 1920
| Arabs
| 5 Jews, 4 Arabs killed; 216 Jews, 18 Arabs, 7 [[British people|Britons]] wounded<ref name="RAABIC"/><ref name="CIG"/><ref name="Segev">{{cite book | last = Segev| first = Tom| title = One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate | year = 2001| publisher = Owl Books | isbn = 0805065873}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jaffa riots]]
| May 1–7, 1921
| Arabs
| 48 Arabs, 45 Jews killed; 140 Jews, 73 Arabs wounded. 
|-
| [[1929 Hebron massacre|Hebron massacre]]
| August 23–26, 1929
| Arabs
| 133 Jews, 116 Arabs killed; 339 Jews, 232 Arabs wounded ''<ref>[http://avo.co.il/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=2765 'Communal relations - Jewish and Arab in the city of Hebron' (2005) {{Language icon|he|Hebrew}}</ref>''<ref name="RAABIC"/><ref name="CIG"/><ref name="Segev"/><ref name="Shaw Report">[[Shaw Report]]</ref>
|-
| [[1929 Safed massacre|Safed massacre]]
| August 29, 1929
| Arabs, British police (stayed passive)
| 18-20 Jews killed; 80 Jews wounded<ref name="Shaw Report"/>
|-
| Labor Strike Revolt
| April 15 – October 12, 1936
| Arabs, Jews, British authorities
| 138 Arabs, 80 Jews, 33 British killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
|N/A
| 1937, November 14
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 10 Arabs killed by Irgun units launching attacks around Jerusalem, ("Black Sunday")<ref>J. Bowyer Bell, Moshe Arens, ''Terror out of Zion'',[http://books.google.com/books?id=Df_2trrOLPAC&pg=PA39&dq=November+14,+1937+killed+Irgun&ei=TklASr6FOI6yzASEy8Bc p. 39], 1996 edition</ref><ref name=AmramiMelitz>{{he icon}}Y. 'Amrami, A. Melitz, ''דברי הימים למלחמת השחרור'' ("History of the War of Independence", Shelach Press, 1951).</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, April 12
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 2 Arabs and 2 British policemen were killed by a bomb in a train in [[Haifa]].<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, May 24
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 3 Arabs were shot and killed in Haifa.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, June 26
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 7 Arabs were killed by a bomb in [[Jaffa, Israel|Jaffa]].<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, June (late)
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| Unknown number of Arabs killed by a bomb that was thrown into a crowded Arab market place in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Seventh Million |author=[[Tom Segev]], [[Haim Watzman]] |page=39}} Citing [[Arnold Zweig]]'s letters to [[Sigmund Freud]]</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, July 5
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 7 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks in Tel-Aviv.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, July 5
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 3 Arabs were killed by a bomb detonated in a bus in Jerusalem. Further Arab killed in another attack in Jerusalem<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, July 6
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 18 Arabs and 5 Jews were killed by two simultaneous bombs in the Arab melon market in Haifa. More than 60 people were wounded.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/><ref>[http://www.etzel.org.il/english/index.html Irgun site] Restraint and Retaliation section.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=18 Arabs Die In Bomb Blast|date=June 19, 1939|work=The Vancouver Sun|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zzFlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MIkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5544,2680322|accessdate=15 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, July 8
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 4 Arabs were killed by a bomb in Jerusalem.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, July 16
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 10 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jerusalem.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, July 25
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 43 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Haifa.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/><ref>Palestine Post, July 26–27, 1938</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1938, August 26
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 24 Arabs were killed by a bomb at a marketplace in Jaffa.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
|N/A
| 1939, February 27
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 33 Arabs were killed in multiple attacks, incl. 24 by bomb in Arab market in Suk Quarter of Haifa and 4 by bomb in Arab vegetable market in Jerusalem.<ref>Y. Ben-Ami, Years of Wrath, Days of Glory; Memoirs of the Irgun, Speller and Sons, New York 1982; p 229. Casualty figures from ''Palestine Post'' Feb 28, 1939.</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, May 29
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 5 Arabs were killed by a mine detonated at the Rex cinema in Jerusalem.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, May 29
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 5 Arabs were shot and killed during a raid on the village of [[Biyar 'Adas]].<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, June 2
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 5 Arabs were killed by a bomb at the [[Jaffa Gate]] in Jerusalem.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/><ref>[http://www.etzel.org.il/english/index.html The Irgun web site], "The Split within the Irgun" section</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, June 16
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Jerusalem.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, June 19
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 20 Arabs were killed by explosives mounted on a donkey at a marketplace in Haifa.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/><ref>Palestine Post, June 20–22, 1939</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, June 29
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 13 Arabs were killed in several shooting attacks around Jaffa during a one-hour period.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/><ref>Palestine Post, June 30, 1939</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, July 20
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 6 Arabs were killed in several attacks in Tel-Aviv.<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| N/A
| 1939, July 20
| Jewish Militants ([[Irgun]])
| 3 Arabs were killed in [[Rehovot]].<ref name=AmramiMelitz/>
|-
| [[1938 Tiberias pogrom]]
| 1938, October 2
| Arabs
| 19 Jews were killed.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/cc68bab76ec42e79052565d0006f2df4?OpenDocument |title=Mandate for Palestine - Report of the Mandatory to the LoN (31 December 1938) |first= |last= |work=domino.un.org |year=2012 [last update] |quote=Tiber |accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1944, September 27
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| Unknown number of casualties, around 150 Irgun members attacked four British police stations<ref name=Gilbert221>{{cite book |title=Churchill and the Jews |author=Martin Gilbert |page=221}}</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1945, November 1
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 5 [[Night of the Trains|locomotives]] destroyed in <<link:0>> station. Two staff, one soldier and one policeman killed.<ref>Horne, Edward (1982). A Job Well Done (Being a History of The Palestine Police Force 1920 - 1948). The Anchor Press. ISBN 0 9508367 1 2. Page 289.</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1945, December 27
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 3 British policemen and 4 [[Basuto]] soldiers killed during the bombing of British [[Criminal Investigation Department|CID]] headquarters in Jerusalem; 1 British soldier killed during attack of British army camp in north Tel Aviv<ref>[http://www.etzel.org.il/english/index.html The Irgun web site], "The United Resistance" section.</ref><ref>Horne. Page 294</ref>
|-
| [[King David Hotel bombing]]
| July 22, 1946
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 91 killed, including 41 Arabs, 28 Britons, and 17 Jews; 40-45 wounded<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042762/Irgun-Zvai-Leumi#112521.hook Encyclopædia Britannica Online]</ref><ref>[http://www.etzel.org.il/english/ac10.htm The Irgun Site]</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1947, January 12
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 4 killed in bombing of British headquarters.<ref name="Neff">Donald Neff, [http://www.wrmea.com/archives/May-June_2006/0605014.html Hamas: A Pale Image of the Jewish Irgun And Lehi Gangs], [[Washington Report on Middle East Affairs]],  May/June 2006, p. 14-15.</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1947, March 1
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 17 British officers killed, during raid and explosion.<ref name=Club>[http://www.etzel.org.il/english/index.html The Irgun web site], "Raid on the Jerusalem Officers Club" section.</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1947, September 26
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 4 British policemen killed in Irgun [[bank robbery]].<ref name="Neff"/>
|-
| N/A
| 1947, September 29
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 13 killed, 53 wounded in attack on British police station.<ref name="Neff"/>
|-
| [[Al-Tira (Haifa)|al-Tira]]
| December 12, 1947
| Jewish militants
| 13 Arabs killed, 10 wounded<ref>[http://www.palestineremembered.com/Haifa/al-Tira/ Palestine Remembered - Al-Tira]</ref><ref>Palestine Post, Dec 14; Milstein, Vol 11, p91</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1947, December 12
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 20 killed, 5 wounded by barrel bomb at Damascus Gate.<ref>Uri Milstein, ''History of Israel's War of Independence'', Vol II. p51</ref>
|-
| N/A
| December 13, 1947
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 16 Arabs killed; 67 Arabs wounded from bombings in Jerusalem and Jaffa; Irgun also burns down 100 Arab homes in Jaffa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A (See [[Beit Nabala]])
| December 14, 1947
| [[Arab Legion]]
| 13 Jews killed (some sources say 14); 9 Jews, 2 Britons, 1 Arab wounded in attack on military convoy near Lydda<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| 1947, December 16
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 10 killed by bomb at Noga Cinema in Jaffa.<ref>Milstein, Vol II, p81.</ref>
|-
| [[al-Khisas massacre]]
| December 18, 1947
| Jewish militants ([[Haganah]])
| 10 Arabs killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| December 24, 1947
| Arab snipers, Jewish militants
| 4 Jews killed in Haifa by snipers, 4 Arabs killed in reprisals<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| December 26, 1947
| Arab militants
| 7 Jews killed while driving in convoy to Jerusalem<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| December 28, 1947
| Arab Snipers, Jewish militants
| 5 Jews killed in Bab el Wad by snipers, 5 Arabs killed in reprisals<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| December 29, 1947
| Arab militants, Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 4 Jews killed in Tel Aviv from mortar and sniper fire, 13 Arabs killed in Jerusalem in Irgun bombing<ref name="RAABIC"/><ref name="RAABIC"/><ref>Milstein, Vol II, p214.</ref>
|-
| Bomb thrown on [[Damascus Gate]] Café in [[Jerusalem]]
| December 29, 1947
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 11 Arabs, 2 Britons killed<ref name="RAABIC"/><ref name= "JVL">[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/brits.html Jewish Virtual Library]</ref> [[Uri Milstein]] reported 15 casualties from the bombing in the ''Palestine Post''.<ref name=Milstein>{{cite journal|title=History of Israel's War of Independence|author=Uri Milstein|volume= II|journal=Palestine Post|date=30 December 1947|pages=51}}</ref>
|-
| [[Haifa Oil Refinery massacre]]
| December 30, 1947
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]]), Arabs
| Arabs beat 39 Jews to death and injured 49 after an Irgun bombing which killed 6<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Balad al-Shaykh massacre]]
| January 1, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Palmach]])
| 17 - 70 Arabs killed in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 3, 1948
| Arab militants
| 4 Jews killed in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 3, 1948
| Arab militants
| 3 Jews, 1 Briton killed in Jerusalem<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| Bombing of Arab National Committee HQ
| January 4, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Stern Gang]])
| 14 Arabs killed; 100 Arabs wounded<ref name="JVL"/>
|-
| [[Semiramis Hotel bombing]]
| January 5, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Haganah]])
| 20 Arabs killed in Jerusalem<ref>[http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/01/06/edold.t_8.php Archives of The International Herald Tribune]</ref>
|-
| N/A
| 1948, January 5
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 14 Arabs killed and 19 injured by truck bomb outside the 3-storey 'Serrani', Jaffa's built Ottoman Town Hall<ref>The Scotsman newspaper, Jan 6, 1948</ref>
|-
| N/A
| January 5, 1948
| Arabs, Jews
| 4 Arabs killed after attacking Jewish quarter in Safed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Jaffa Gate]] bombing in Jerusalem
| January 7, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 15 - 20 Arabs killed<ref name="RAABIC"/><ref name=Milstein2>{{cite journal|title=History of Israel's War of Independence|author=Uri Milstein|volume=III|pages=95–96|journal=Palestine Post|date=9 January 1948}}</ref>
|-
| N/A
| January 9, 1948
| Arab militants
| 35 Jews killed near Kfar Etzion<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 10, 1948
| Arab militants 
| 11 Jews killed, 1 decapitated near Yavne<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 14, 1948
| Arab militants
| 7 Jews, 2 Britons killed in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 20, 1948
| Arab militants
| 8 Jews killed in Yehiam<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 22, 1948
| Arab militants
| 7 Jews killed near Yazur<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 25, 1948
| Arab militants
| 10 Jews killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| January 27, 1948
| British soldiers
| 4 Arabs killed in Gaza<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 3, 1948
| Arab militants
| 6 Jews killed while riding buses in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 7, 1948
| Arabs, Jews
| 3 Arabs, 3 Jews killed in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 8, 1948
| Arabs
| 6 Jews killed in Jerusalem<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 8, 1948
| Arab militants
| 3 Jews killed in Tel Aviv<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| 1948, February 10
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 7 Arabs killed near Ras el Ain after selling cows in Tel Aviv<ref>Palestine Post, Feb 13, 1948</ref>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 12, 1948
| Arabs
| 4 Jews killed in Jerusalem<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 15, 1948
| Arab militants, Jewish militants
| 5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Sa'sa']] village ambush in the [[Safad]] district
| February 14, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Palmach]])
| 11 Arabs killed<ref>{{cite book | last = Khalidi | first = Walid | authorlink = Walid Khalidi | title = All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948 | year = 2006 | publisher = [[Institute for Palestine Studies]] | isbn = 0887283063 (pbk.)| pages=496}}</ref>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 17, 1948
| Arab militants, Jewish militants
| 5 Arabs, 3 Jews killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 17, 1948
| Arab militants
| 57 Arabs killed while taking part in  attack on Jewish settlements Tirat Tzvi, Sde Eliahu, Ein HaNatziv<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Ramla]] vegetable market bombing
| 18 February 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 12 killed, 43 wounded<ref>[http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter07_3of7.htm Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem]</ref>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 19, 1948
| Arab militants
| 4 Jews killed while riding buses in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 21, 1948
| Jewish militants
| 4 Arabs killed in Haifa<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Ben Yehuda Street bombings#1948 bombing|Ben Yehuda Street bombing]]
| Feb 23, 1948
| Arab militants, British deserters
| 55 Jews killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 25, 1948
| Arab militants
| 3 Jews killed on road between Ramle and Tel Aviv<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 28, 1948
| Arab militants
| 6 Arabs, 1 Jew killed during attack on Jewish village Kfar Sava<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| Feb 18, 1948
| Arab militants
| 4 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish settlement Mitzpe<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| Rehovot Train bombing
| March 1, 1948
| Jewish militants
| 28 Britons killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| Bevingrad Officers Club bombing
| March 1, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| 20 Britons killed; 30 Britons wounded<ref name="CIG">{{cite book | last = Bard| first = Mitchell G., PhD | title = The Complete Idiot's Guide to Middle East Conflict | year = 2005 | publisher = Alpha | isbn = 1592574106}}</ref>
|-
| N/A
| March 1, 1948
| Arab militants
| 4 Jews killed on Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 2, 1948
| Arab militants
| 6 Arabs, 3 Jews killed during Arab attack on Tel-Aviv Jerusalem road<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 4, 1948
| Arab militants
| 16 Jews killed on Jerusalem-Atarot road<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 9, 1948
| Arab militants
| 3 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish settlement Yehiam<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 11, 1948
| Jews, Arabs
| 4 Arabs, 1 Jew killed in Tiberius<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Jewish Agency]] bombing
| March 11, 1948
| Arab militants
| 13 Jews killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 14, 1948
| Arab militants
| 7 Jews killed near Faluja<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 14, 1948
| Jews, Arabs
| 4 Arabs, 1 Jew killed in Tiberius<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 18, 1948
| Arab militants
| 5 Britons, 4 Jews killed in convoy near Acre<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 20, 1948
| Arabs
| 7 Jews killed at Ein Harod<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 21, 1948
| Arabs
| 6 Jews killed on Rosh Pinna-Safed road<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 22, 1948
| Arab militants
| 4 Jews, 20 Arabs during attack on Jewish settlement Nitzanim<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 24, 1948
| Jewish militants
| 36 Arabs killed near Tulkarem<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 26, 1948
| Arab militants
| 6 Arabs, 2 Jews killed in attack on Jewish convoy near Gaza<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 28, 1948
| Arab militants
| 6 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish convoy near Rehovot<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| N/A
| March 28, 1948
| Arab militants
| 6 Arabs killed while participating in attack on Jewish convoy near Safed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Cairo-Haifa train bombings 1948|Cairo-Haifa train bombing]]
| March 31, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Lehi (group)|Lehi]])
| 40 Arabs killed; 60 Arabs wounded<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| Massacre in an orange grove in Lydda
| 1 April 1948
| Jewish militias
| 11 Arab laborers killed<ref>[http://www.palestine-encyclopedia.com/EPP/Chapter07_6of7.htm Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem]</ref>
|-
| [[Deir Yassin massacre]]
| April 9, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Irgun]])
| ~ 100  Arabs killed<ref>Kana'ana, Sharif and Zeitawi, Nihad (1987), "The Village of Deir Yassin," Bir Zeit, Bir Zeit University Press, 1987)</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Morris | first = Benny | authorlink = Benny Morris | title = The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited | year = 2004 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | location = Cambridge, UK ; New York |isbn = 0-521-81120-1; ISBN 0-521-00967-7 (pbk.)|chapter = Chapter 4: The second wave: the mass exodus, April—June 1948, Section: Operation Nahshon| pages= page 238}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Milstein | first = Uri | authorlink = Uri Milstein | title = History of the War of Independence IV: Out of Crisis Came Decision | publisher = University Press of America, Inc. | origyear = 1987 | year = 1998 |location = Lanhan, Maryland| language = Hebrew, English version translated and edited by Alan Sacks | isbn = 0-7618-1489-2 | pages = page 377 | chapter = Chapter 16: Deir Yassin, Section 12: The Massacre}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hadassah medical convoy massacre]]
| April 13, 1948
| Arab militants
| 78 Jews (nurses, doctors, and patients) killed<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-219419/Israel Encyclopædia Britannica Online]</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Milstein | first = Uri | authorlink = Uri Milstein | title = History of the War of Independence IV: Out of Crisis Came Decision | publisher = University Press of America, Inc. | origyear = 1987 | year = 1998 |location = Lanhan, Maryland| language = Hebrew, English version translated and edited by Alan Sacks | isbn = 0-7618-1489-2 | pages = page 387 | chapter = Chapter 16: Deir Yassin, Section 16: Brutality and Hypocrisy}}</ref>
|-
| Cairo-Haifa Train bombing
| April 23, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Lehi (group)|Lehi]])
| 8 Britons killed; 27 Britons wounded<ref name="CIG"/>
|-
| Sorona Police Station bombing
| April 25, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Lehi (group)|Lehi]])
| 4 Britons killed<ref name="CIG"/>
|-
| [[Ein al Zeitun massacre]]
| May 3, 1948
| Jewish militants ([[Palmach]])
| 37 - 70 Arab prisoners
|-
| [[Kfar Etzion massacre]]
| May 13, 1948
| Arab militants and [[Arab Legion]]
| 127-157 Jews killed<ref name="RAABIC"/>
|-
| [[Abu Shusha]]
| May 14, 1948
| Israeli
| 60
|}

==See also==

*[[Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War]]
*[[List of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict]]
*[[List of Irgun attacks during the 1930s]]
{{Arab–Israeli conflict (topics)}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Massacres Committed Prior To The 1948 Arab–Israeli War In Mandate Palestine}}
[[Category:1948 Arab–Israeli War]]
[[Category:Palestinian terrorism]]
[[Category:Zionist terrorism]]
[[Category:Terrorism in Mandatory Palestine]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in the 1920s]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in the 1930s]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in the 1940s]]
[[Category:Palestine-related lists]]
[[Category:Israeli history-related lists]]
[[Category:Massacres in Mandatory Palestine]]
[[Category:Lists of massacres by country]]

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Dab solver - List of killings and massacres in Mandatory Palestine

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