Mughr al-Khayt

Mughr al-Khayt was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 4.5 km northeast of Safad. In 1945 it had a population of 490 Muslims.^[3][2]

Mughr al-Khayt Mughr al Kheit[1]
Village
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Mughr al-Khayt Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°59′19″N 35°32′17″E
Palestine grid	200/266
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 2, 1948[1]
Area [2]
• Total	6,627 dunams (6.627 km2 or 2.559 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	490[3][2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Chatzor ha-Gelilit and Ro'sh Pinna