Ghabbatiyya غبّاطية Ghabbatiya[1] | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Kh. Ghabbâtî, the ruin of Ghabbâti; perhaps from ghabit, “low-lying land”[2] | |
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  Ghabbatiyya Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:33°00′53″N35°22′33″E / 33.01472°N 35.37583°E /33.01472; 35.37583 | |
| Palestine grid | 185/268 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | October 30, 1948[1] |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 60[3] |
Ghabbatiyya (Arabic:غبّاطية) was aPalestinianArab hamlet in theSafad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 30, 1948, underOperation Hiram. It was located 12 km northwest ofSafad.
In 1945 it had a population of 60 Muslims.[3][4]
In 1881 thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Ghabbâti "foundations of walls and one olive press".[5]
In the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, ‘’Ghabbatia’’ had a population of 9Muslims.[6]
In the1945 statistics the population was 60 Muslims,[3] with a total of 3,453 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[7] Of this, 15 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 412 for cereals;[8] while a total of 2,509 dunams was non-cultivable area.[9]
Israeli forces occupied Ghabbatiyya on 30 October 1948.[4] In 1992 the village site was described: "The site is deserted and covered with grass, a few fig trees, stones, and the ruins of stone houses. The walls of one destroyed house still stand. The surrounding land is used by Israelis for grazing and forestry, and woods cover nearby Mount ‘Adathir."[4]
