In 1948, a few days before the city was divided and its western part seized by the Israelis, the Sakakini family fled Jerusalem, one of the last Palestinian families to remain in the Qatamon quarter besieged by Israeli mortar attacks.
A few days before the city was divided and its western part seized by the Israelis, the Sakakini family fled Jerusalem to remain in the Qatamon quarter. This was in 1948. This Qatamon quarter was besieged by Israeli mortar attacks. Jerusalem was one of the last Palestinian families.