The Hula massacre took place sometine in the late October 1948 between the 24th and 29th. Hula was a village in Lebanon 3 km west of Kibbutz Manara, not far from the Litani River. It was captured on October 24 by the Carmeli Brigade without any resistance at all. Over 50 captured men were sub-machinegunned down in a house whereafter the house was blown up on top of them.
The murderer, Shmuel Lahis, was brought to justice in an Israeli military court where he was given a one year sentence. Due to the amnesty that he received he didn't even serve that long in jail. He later became Secretary General of the Jewish Agency.
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