Umm 'Ajra
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| Umm 'Ajra | |
| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Baysan |
| Population | 260 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 31, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation |
Umm 'Ajra was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 31, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 4 km south of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm 'Ajra provided the village with water. The village had three khirbas: Tall al-Shaykh al-Simad, Hajj Makka, and Sursuq.
In 1945 the village had a population of 260.
[edit] References
- 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 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
Coordinates: 32°27′56″N 35°31′21″E / 32.46556°N 35.5225°E
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