Complex sentence: It was one of the few Arab villages among hundreds depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return, and the village elders, the mukhtar and Maronite priests subsequently gave written testimony to the events.
Split into simpler sentences: It was one of the few Arab villages among hundreds depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, to which most of the displaced were eventually able to return. The village elders, the mukhtar and Maronite priests subsequently gave written testimony of the events.