The depopulated village of Khirbat Zalafa / District of Tulkarm
District of Tulkarm
Khirbat Zalafa
About the depopulated village of Khirbat Zalafa
- District
- Tulkarm
- Date Khirbat Zalafa was occupied
- 15 April 1948
- Population in 1948
- 240
- Military operation
- Coastal Clearing
- Distance from the governorate centre
- 15 (km) Northwest of Tulkarm
- Elevation above sea level
- 25 m
- Cause of displacement
- Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
- Extent of destruction
- Khirbat Zalafa was completely obliterated
- Ethnic cleansing
- Zalafa, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
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Borders of the depopulated village of Khirbat Zalafa
North
Raml Zayta
North-east
Jatt
West
Wadi al-Hawarith
The depopulated village of Khirbat Zalafa / District of Tulkarm
East
Zayta
South
Khirbet al-Manshiyya
South-east
Qaqun
District: Tulkarm
Population 1948: 240
Occupation date: 01/04/1948
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: None
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