Original sentence: Acre was besieged by the Jewish Haganah.During the siege, a typhoid fever outbreak in the city occured, and it was suspected that the Haganah used typhus as a biological weapon against the inhabitants.The city fell on 17 May 1948 and about three-fourths of its Arab population (estimated at 13,000 in 1944) became displaced as a result
Edited sentence: About three-fourths of its Arab population (estimated at 13,000 in 1944) became displaced as a result.Acre was besieged by the Jewish Haganah, who used typhus as a biological weapon against the inhabitants, and the city fell on 17 May 1948