Sherif Kanaaneh and Nihad Zitawi, two anthropologists at Bir Zeit University, interviewed dozens of Deir Yassin survivors and compiled a list of family members killed. Deir Yassin was a village of 750 people, all of whom knew each other. In their report, published by the university's Center of Documentation and Research, Kanaaneh and Zitawi concluded: "When we checked the names that appeared in different sources, we were clearly convinced that the number of dead did not exceed 120."