Despite an original boast Statement by the victors that 254 had been killed Killing , Aref al-Aref counted 117 victims , seven in combat Hostile_encounter and the rest in their homes .

The next day , Ramle surrendered Surrendering immediately , but the conquest Conquering of Lydda took Conquering longer and led to Causation an unknown number of deaths Death ; the Palestinian historian Aref al-Aref , the only scholar who tried to draw up a balance sheet for the Palestinian losses , estimated 426 Palestinians died Death in Lydda on 12 July , of which 176 in the mosque and 800 overall in the fighting .