Mughr al-Khayt
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| Mughr al-Khayt | |
| Arabic | |
| Also Spelled | Mughr al Kheit[1] |
| Sub-district | Safad |
| Coordinates | 32°59′18.75″N 35°32′16.85″E / 32.9885417°N 35.5380139°ECoordinates: 32°59′18.75″N 35°32′16.85″E / 32.9885417°N 35.5380139°E |
| Population | 490 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 2, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Chatzor ha-Gelilit and Ro'sh Pinna |
Mughr al-Khayt was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. 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.
[edit] References
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7, 9780521009676
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