Al-Sanbariyya

Al-Sanbariyya
Al-Sanbariyya
Subdistrict Safad
Coordinates 33°14′04.45″N 35°37′06.35″E / 33.2345694°N 35.6184306°E / 33.2345694; 35.6184306Coordinates: 33°14′04.45″N 35°37′06.35″E / 33.2345694°N 35.6184306°E / 33.2345694; 35.6184306
Palestine grid 208/293
Population 130 (1945)
Date of depopulation May, 1948[1]
Current localities Ma'yan Barukh and Dafna

Al-Sanbariyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948 by Palmach's First Battalion under Operation Yiftach. It was located 31.5 km northeast of Safad, near Wadi Hasibani

In 1945, the village had a population of 130.

The village contained a notable Roman inscription in a column, referring to the Roman Emperor Julian (AD 331-363)

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #4. Causes of depopulation given as "?"

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