Al-Mansura, Acre

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Al-Mansura
Al-Mansura is located in Mandatory Palestine
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Al-Mansura
Arabic
District Acre
Coordinates 33°03′50.76″N 35°20′05.24″E / 33.0641°N 35.3347889°E / 33.0641; 35.3347889Coordinates: 33°03′50.76″N 35°20′05.24″E / 33.0641°N 35.3347889°E / 33.0641; 35.3347889
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.

al-Mansura
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
Population
1596 1931 1945
n/a 688 2,300
Number of houses 1931: 129
Israeli localities Netu'a, Elkosh, Biranit, Mattat, Abirim
Public structures A church
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  1. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #65. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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