WHY THE PALESTINIANS FLED IN 1948. UN Palestine Commission Attack on Deir Yassin 9 April 1948 Letter from United Kingdom 20 April 1948 My 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 on the Arab village at Deir Yassin. The following supplementary information is now available as regards 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 chi...