Al-Mansura, Acre
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| Al-Mansura | |
 Al-Mansura
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Acre |
| Coordinates | 33°03′50.76″N 35°20′05.24″E / 33.0641°N 35.3347889°ECoordinates: 33°03′50.76″N 35°20′05.24″E / 33.0641°N 35.3347889°E |
| Population | 2300 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | Early November, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
al-Mansura was a Palestinian village that was captured by the Israel Defence Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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| Location | 29 km northeast of Acre | ||||||
| Date of capture | Early November, 1948 | ||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Hiram | ||||||
| Israeli brigade | Carmeli Brigade? | ||||||
| Remaining population after capture | 0 | ||||||
| Remaining structures after capture | A church | ||||||
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| Number of houses | 1931: 129 | ||||||
| Israeli localities | Netu'a, Elkosh, Biranit, Mattat, Abirim | ||||||
| Public structures | A church |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #65. Also gives cause of depopulation.
[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 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
[edit] External links
- Welcome To al-Mansura
- Al-Mansura from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Al-Mansoura, from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
