Ghabat Kafr Sur

Ghabat Kafr Sur
Ghabat Kafr Sur
Arabic
Sub-district	Tulkarm
Coordinates	32°17′02.15″N 34°52′03.05″E
Population	1130 (1945)
Area	19,666 dunums
Date of depopulation	May 15, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation
Current localities	Beyt Yahoshu'a, Tel Yitzchaq, and Kefar Netter

Ghabat Kafr Sur was a mixed Palestinian Arab and Jewish village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 15, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 16 km southwest of Tulkarm.

In 1945, the village had a population of 1,130 (including 390 Jewish).

The village lands totaled 19,666 Dunums, of which 4,506 were privately owned by Arabs and 10,384 were privately owned by Jews.

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