Zawiya, Safad
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Al-Zawiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 24, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 23 km northeast of Safad.
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Al-Zawiya
الزوِية | |
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Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°09′19″N 35°35′50″E | |
Palestine grid | 206/284 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 24, 1948[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,958 dunams (3.958 km2 or 1.528 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 760[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Neot Mordechai |
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