April  UTC My question is that there has to be a credible source behind the names of the dead along with the age and sex One cannot get from  to over  without convincing proof from a credible source so far i have found this  A study by Bir Zeit University based on discussions with each family from the village arrived at a figure of  Arab civilians dead and  wounded in addition to  fighters evidence that the number of dead was smaller than claimed and that the village did have troops based there Sharif Kanaana and Nihad Zitawi Deir Yassin Monograph No  Destroyed Palestinian Villages Documentation Project Bir Zeit Documentation Center of Bir Zeit University  p  Bard  which on the face of it makes the concept of massacre difficult to digest