What resulted from Plan Dalet?
Plan Dalet led to the depopulation of at least 450 Palestinian towns and villages, most of which were demolished to prevent the return of the refugees. By the end of 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians – two-thirds of the Palestinian population – were exiled. It is estimated that more than 50 percent fled under direct military assault. Others fled in panic as news of massacres spread – for example, more than 100 civilians killed in the village of Deir Yassin on April 9 and 200 in Tantura between May 22nd and 23rd.
