Original sentence: Scattered attacks on Jewish civilians and attacks on Palestinian civilians by organized Jewish militias like the Lehi and Irgun turned into widespread fighting between Arabs and Jews, this civil war being the first "phase" of the 1948 War of Independence
Edited sentence: Scattered attacks on Jewish civilians and retaliatory measures by organized Jewish militias like the Lehi and Irgun turned into widespread fighting between Arabs and Jews, this civil war being the first "phase" of the 1948 War of Independence