Al-Muftakhira | |
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Village | |
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Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates:33°09′31″N35°38′23″E / 33.15861°N 35.63972°E /33.15861; 35.63972 | |
Palestine grid | 209/284 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 16, 1948[3] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 350[1][2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Current Localities | Shamir, Israel[4] |
Al-Muftakhira was aPalestinianArab village in theSafad Subdistrict. It was depopulated in the1948 War on May 16, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion duringOperation Yiftach. It was located 25.5 km northeast ofSafad.
In the1945 statistics it had a population of 350.[1][2]
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