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Explainer: The Deir Yassin Massacre

A survivor of the Deir Yassin Massacre, Meryem Aqil Umm Usame holds an image of family members killed in the Zionist paramilitary massacre of the Jerusalem-area village as part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, or Nakba.
Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images