Al-Kasayir خربة الكساير | |
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Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:32°47′36″N35°08′19″E / 32.79333°N 35.13861°E /32.79333; 35.13861 | |
| Palestine grid | 163/244 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | mid-April, 1948[1] |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 290 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault byYishuv forces |
Al-Kasayir (Arabic:خربة الكساير,Hebrew:ח'ירבת אל-קסאייר) was aPalestinian Arab village in theHaifa Subdistrict, located 13 km east ofHaifa. It was depopulated during the1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 16, 1948, under theBattle of Mishmar HaEmek.
In the1945 statistics Khirbat Al-Kasayir was counted amongShefa-'Amr suburbs, and it was noted with a population of 290 Muslims.[2][3][4][5]
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