The depopulated village of Al-Nabi Yusha' / District of Safed
District of Safed
Al-Nabi Yusha'
About the depopulated village of Al-Nabi Yusha'
- District
- Safed
- Date Al-Nabi Yusha' was occupied
- 17 May 1948
- Population in 1948
- 80
- Military operation
- Operation Yiftach
- Brigade that carried it out
- Palmach
- Who defended the village
- Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
- Elevation above sea level
- 375 m
- Cause of displacement
- Military assault by Zionist troops
- Extent of destruction
- The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the shrine for al-Nabi Yashoa' and few deserted village houses.
- Ethnic cleansing
- al-Nabi Yusha' inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
- Settlements built on the land of Al-Nabi Yusha' before 1948
- Ramot Naftali
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Borders of the depopulated village of Al-Nabi Yusha'
District: Safed
Population 1948: 80
Occupation date: 17/05/1948
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: Ramot Naftali
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: None
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