Al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm

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Al-Manshiyya
Arabic المنشية
Also Spelled Khirbet Manshiya[1]
District Tulkarm
Population 260 (1945)
Area 16,770 dunums
Date of depopulation April 15, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Current localities 'En ha-Choresh, Giv'at Chayyirn, and Achituv

Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية‎) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948 under Coastal Clearing. It was located 12.5 km northwest of Tulkarm.

In 1945 it had a population of 260.

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #184. Also gives cause of depopulation

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