Al-Dawwara

Al-Dawwara (Arabic: الدوّارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 27 km northeast of Safad, bordering three rivers that flowed into lake al-Hula: the al-Hasbani, Banyas, and Dan rivers.

Al-Dawwara
الدوّارة
Village
Al-Dawwara, 1946
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Al-Dawwara
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°10′43″N 35°38′02″E
Palestine grid209/287
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 25, 1948
Area
  Total2,753 dunams (2.753 km2 or 1.063 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total700
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Current Localities‘Amir, Sde Nehemia

In 1945 the village had a population of 1,100 (this figure included 400 Jewish residents of the Kibbutzim ‘Amir and Sde Nehemia).

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