A 1948 Israeli military plan explicitly ordered village destruction and expulsion

Evidence

An Israeli military planning document, known as Plan D (or Plan Dalet), formulated in the run-up to Israel’s War of Independence in May–June 1948, sought “destruction of [Arab] villages by fire explosives and mining” after the villages had been surrounded and searched, resistance destroyed, and “expelling the population beyond the boundaries of the State.” — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 572