Last remaining survivor of 1949 Hebron massacre passes away at 100
Yitzhak Ben Hebron, the last remaining survivor of the 1949 Hebron massacre, has passed away at the age of 100. He was only four years old during the riots that led to the tragic events. Ben Hebron escaped the violence by fleeing through a window of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue.
- ▪Yitzhak Ben Hebron was the last survivor of the 1949 Hebron massacre.
- ▪He was four years old when the riots broke out.
- ▪Ben Hebron escaped the violence by fleeing through a synagogue window.
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Last remaining survivor of 1949 Hebron massacre passes away at 100Yitzhak Ben Hebron was about four years old at the outbreak of the riots that led to the massacre, and managed to escape the violence through the window of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue.Follow us on GoogleAn officer of the Palestinian Police stands guard outside the Hebron Yeshiva (school for Talmudic study) in the aftermath of the Hebron massacre in Mandatory Palestine, 1929. (photo credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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