Khirbat al-Shuna

Khirbat al-Shuna
Khirbat al-Shuna
Arabic
Sub-district	Haifa
Coordinates	32°32′05.35″N 34°56′50.95″E
Population
Area
Date of depopulation	March 15, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation

Khirbat al-Shuna or Khirbat ash Shuna was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 15, 1948. It was located 32.5 km south of Haifa. Khirbat al-Shuna contained a small archaeological site, khirbat Tel Mubarak. The area is now part of a JNF park.

References

• 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 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.