
The District of Jerusalem
Dayr Yasin
The site of the most infamous massacre of the Nakba (see testimonies section). Many of the village houses on the hill are standing and have been incorporated into an Israeli hospital for the mentally ill (Originally housing Holocaust survivors with mental trauma..). Some houses outside the fence of the hospital grounds are used for residential and commercial purposes. Outside the fence, there are carob and almond trees and the stumps of olive trees. The old village cemetery, is unkempt. The rest of the village site is now the Giv’at Shaul West Jerusalem suburb. See the Links section for further information on the massacre.