The depopulated village of 'Arab al-Shamalina / District of Safed
District of Safed
'Arab al-Shamalina
About the depopulated village of 'Arab al-Shamalina
- District
- Safed
- Date 'Arab al-Shamalina was occupied
- 04 May 1948
- Population in 1948
- 650
- Military operation
- Operation Matate ( Broom )
- Distance from the governorate centre
- 13 (km) South East of Safad
- Elevation above sea level
- -200 m
- Cause of displacement
- Expulsion by Zionist troops
- Extent of destruction
- Based on orders of Yigal Allon, the village was completely destroyed soon after occupation.
- Ethnic cleansing
- 'Arab al-Shamalina inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
- Settlements built on the built-up area of 'Arab al-Shamalina after 1948
- Almagor, Karkom
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District: Safed
Population 1948: 750
Occupation date: 04/05/1948
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Almagor, Karkom
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