Chronology of massacres and collective killings
of
יהודים YEHUDIM
in
ארץ ישראל EREẒ YISRAʾEL.

  1. Crusaders took ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM; the Ashkelon letter records killings and captivity.

  2. Mamluk forces breached עכו AKO; a Hebrew elegy reports the killing of scholars and their families during the conquest.

  3. A later letter reports ten יהודים YEHUDIM killed in צפת ẒEFAT on Shabbat HaGadol.

  4. The great plunder of צפת ẒEFAT began; Schwarz reports deliberate attacks and several people slain.

  5. צפת ẒEFAT’s leaders reached an agreement with the relief commanders; the day is reconstructed from the account’s thirty-third-day reference.

  6. Relief arrived in צפת ẒEFAT; the accounts differ about the date.

  7. Ibrahim Pasha’s troops sacked חברון ḤEVRON, deliberately killing יהודים YEHUDIM.

  8. The Nebi Musa attacks began in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM; the inquiry distinguishes attackers’ victims from deaths caused by troops.

  9. Attacks on יהודים YEHUDIM began in יפו YAFO.

  10. Massacre of יהודים YEHUDIM at בית העולים BEIT HAʾOLIM.

  11. Massacre of יהודים YEHUDIM at בית יצקר BEIT YIẒKER; this date records the discovery of the victims.

  12. The regional wave began with attacks on יהודים YEHUDIM in ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM.

  13. Massacre of יהודים YEHUDIM in חברון ḤEVRON.

  14. יהודים YEHUDIM were murdered at Motza.

  15. Massacre of יהודים YEHUDIM in צפת ẒEFAT, the last major outbreak in the regional sequence.