Al-Dirbashiyya
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Al-Dirbashiyya was a Palestinian
Arab
village in the District of Safad
. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
on May 10, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach
. It was located 20 km northeast of Safad in the Hula Valley, bordering Hula Lake.
In 1945 it had a population of 310 people. The village contained a notable shrine for a local sage known as al-Samadi.
overlooking the Hula Valley. The lands to the west of the village were mainly marshland, although there were a few palm trees, and wooded areas to the south. The Palestine Index Gazetteer classified the village as a hamlet but during the British Mandate the British built a police station. A shrine named after a Muslim sage, named al-Samadi, was located between the village and Hula Lake. The inhabitants were engaged mainly in the culivation of vegetables and in 1944/45 a total of 2,763 dunums was irrigated or used for orchards.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
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Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
village in the District of Safad
District of Safad
The District of Safad was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Safad. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated.-Depopulated settlements:...
. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
The 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine lasted from 30 November 1947, the date of the United Nations vote in favour of the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the UN Partition Plan, to the termination of the British Mandate itself on 14 May 1948.This period constitutes the...
on May 10, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach
Operation Yiftach
Operation Yiftach was an offensive of the Israeli Haganah between 28 April and 29 May 1948 aimed at capturing the eastern Galilee. The central objectives were the capture of Safed and the securing of the Lebanese and Syrian borders before the British Mandate ended on 14 May 1948...
. It was located 20 km northeast of Safad in the Hula Valley, bordering Hula Lake.
In 1945 it had a population of 310 people. The village contained a notable shrine for a local sage known as al-Samadi.
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The village was located on the lower slopes of the Golan Heights near the border with SyriaSyria
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overlooking the Hula Valley. The lands to the west of the village were mainly marshland, although there were a few palm trees, and wooded areas to the south. The Palestine Index Gazetteer classified the village as a hamlet but during the British Mandate the British built a police station. A shrine named after a Muslim sage, named al-Samadi, was located between the village and Hula Lake. The inhabitants were engaged mainly in the culivation of vegetables and in 1944/45 a total of 2,763 dunums was irrigated or used for orchards.