Al-Zanghariyya

Al-Zanghariyya
Al-Zanghariyya
Also spelled Zanghariya[1]
Subdistrict Safad
Coordinates 32°56′29.20″N 35°35′10.25″E / 32.9414444°N 35.5861806°E / 32.9414444; 35.5861806Coordinates: 32°56′29.20″N 35°35′10.25″E / 32.9414444°N 35.5861806°E / 32.9414444; 35.5861806
Palestine grid 205/260
Population 840 (1945)
Area 27,918 dunams
Date of depopulation May 4, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause Expulsion by Yishuv forces

Al-Zanghariyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948 under Operation Matate. It was located 8.5 km southeast of Safad, near Wadi al-Ghara. The village was later burned and destroyed on the 17th of June 1948.

In 1945, the village had a total population of 840. The village was named after the 'Arab al-Zanghariyya Bedouin tribe, who first used the village as a camping site. Today the moshav settlement of Elifelet and the private farm of Kare Deshe lie on the former village grounds.

References

  1. 1 2 Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #76. Also gives causes of depopulation.

Bibliography

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, August 29, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.