The depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya / District of Gaza
District of Gaza
Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
About the depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
- District
- Gaza
- Date Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya was occupied
- 18 May 1948
- Population in 1948
- 1,195
- Military operation
- Operation Barak
- Brigade that carried it out
- Givati Brigade
- Elevation above sea level
- 50 m
- Cause of displacement
- نتيجة الخوف من هجوم صهيوني على البلدة، او نتيجة الخوف من التواجد في المعركة
- Extent of destruction
- دمرت بالكامل
- Ethnic cleansing
- لقد تم تطهير البلدة عرقياً بالكامل
- Settlements built on the built-up area of Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya after 1948
- Merkaz Shapira, Kibutz Masu'ot Itzhak
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Borders of the depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
North-west
Bayt Daras
North
Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
North-east
Qastina
West
Hamama
The depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya / District of Gaza
South-west
Julis
South
Ibdis
South-east
Al-Jaladiyya
District: Gaza
Population 1948: 1200
Occupation date: 18/05/1948
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Merkaz Shapira, Kibutz Masu'ot Itzhak
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