The depopulated village of Al-Ashrafiyya / District of Baysan
District of Baysan
Al-Ashrafiyya
About the depopulated village of Al-Ashrafiyya
- District
- Baysan
- Date Al-Ashrafiyya was occupied
- 10 May 1948
- Population in 1948
- 270
- Military operation
- Operation Gideon
- Brigade that carried it out
- Irgun، Golani Brigade
- Distance from the governorate centre
- 4.5 (km) Southwest of Baysan
- Elevation above sea level
- -125 m
- Cause of displacement
- Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
- Extent of destruction
- The village was completely destroyed and defaced.
- Ethnic cleansing
- Upon occupation, both Farwana and al-Ashrafiyya inhabitants fled towards Jordan.
- Settlements built on the built-up area of Al-Ashrafiyya after 1948
- Shluhot, Reshafim
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Borders of the depopulated village of Al-Ashrafiyya
North-west
Khirbat al-Jawfa
North
Tall al-Shawk
North-east
Baysan
West
Jalbun
The depopulated village of Al-Ashrafiyya / District of Baysan
South
Al-Samiriyya
South-east
Farwana
District: Baysan
Population 1948: 270
Occupation date: 11/05/1948
Occupying unit: Golani
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Shluhot, Reshafim
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