Original sentence: About 70,000 Palestinians were summarily expelled from Lydda and Ramle.Palestinian exodus.The first phase of Operation Danny was to capture Lydda and Ramle, located along the road.The first phase of the operation succeeded, putting the essential airport in Ramle in Jewish hands.The objective of the operation was to relieve the Jewish population and forces in Jerusalem and to capture Arab territory around Tel Aviv from which attacks on Tel Aviv were being launched.The road between the two cities had come under control of Arab militia and Arab Legion forces after Operation Nachshon had opened it.The second phase of the operation failed
Edited sentence: About 70,000 Palestinians were summarily expelled from their homes in Lod and Ramle by order of David Ben Gurion, an early example of the Israeli state's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine.Arab militias had regained control of the road between the two cities after Jewish partisans had captured it during Operation Nachshon.Palmach units that terrorized the local inhabitants, killing hundreds of civilians.The defending Arab Legion forces consisted of Jordanian army units and irregular Palestinian militias.The first phase of Operation Danny was to capture Lod and Ramle located along the road.The first phase of the operation captured the vital airport in Ramle for the Jewish partisans.The objective of the operation was to relieve Jewish insurgents in Jerusalem and capture Arab territory near Tel Aviv.The second phase of Operation Danny failed, leaving Latrun and Ramallah under Arab control until those areas were occupied by Israeli forces during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war