Al-Salihiyya

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Al-Salihiyya
Al-Salihiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Salihiyya
Arabic الصالحية
Also Spelled Salihiya[1]
District Safad
Coordinates 33°10′02.25″N 35°36′44.60″E / 33.1672917°N 35.612389°E / 33.1672917; 35.612389Coordinates: 33°10′02.25″N 35°36′44.60″E / 33.1672917°N 35.612389°E / 33.1672917; 35.612389
Population 1520 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation May 25, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause Whispering campaign

Al-Salihiyya (Arabic: الصالحية‎) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 25 km northeast of Safad, situated on the intersection of the Jordan River and Wadi Tur'an.

In 1945 it had a population of 1,520.

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #15. Also gives causes of depopulation.

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