Al-Dawwara الدوّارة | |
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Village | |
 Al-Dawwara, 1946 | |
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  Al-Dawwara Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:33°10′43″N35°38′02″E / 33.17861°N 35.63389°E /33.17861; 35.63389 | |
| Palestine grid | 209/287 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[3] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,753dunams (2.753 km2; 1.063 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 700[1][2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current Localities | ‘Amir,Sde Nehemia |
Al-Dawwara (Arabic:الدوّارة) was aPalestinianArab village in theSafad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion ofOperation Yiftach. It was located 27 km northeast ofSafad, bordering three rivers that flowed into lake al-Hula: the al-Hasbani, Banyas, and Dan rivers.
In 1945 the village had a population of 1,100 (this figure included 400 Jewish residents of the Kibbutzim‘Amir andSde Nehemia).
According to the1931 census of Palestine, oneChristian lived there, and the remainder wereMuslim.[4] Most of the residents were farmers.[5]
In 1939 the Kibbutz‘Amir was founded nearby, andSde Nechemya in 1940.[5]
In the1944/45 statistics Dawwara had population of 700Muslims,[1] where Arabs owned 2,753 dunams of land.[2] Of this, they used 68 dunums to the growing of citrus fruits and bananas, 281 for cereals, 2,135 dunums for plantations and irrigable land,[6] while 52 dunams was built-up (urban) area.[7]
The older parts of the village had narrow streets. Most of the houses wereadobe, with a few ofbasalt.[5]
On receiving news of an imminent attack on the village byOperation Yiftach, many villagers fled on May 25, 1948, but some sources have indicated that some military force in practice was used to drive out the Arabs from the village.[5]
In 1992 the village site was described: "There are hardly any traces of the village left, only a few building stones at the edge of a fish pond remain on the site. The entire area has been converted into a fish hatchery."[5]
The Israeli settlements ofKibbutz 'Amir andSde Nechemya are both on Al-Dawwara village land. Lately, the area has been used for a fish hatchery.[8]
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