Al-Fatur
Al-Fatur was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 11.5 km south of Baysan. The village was attacked by the Israel Defense Forces as part of Operation Gideon.
Al-Fatur
الفاتور | |
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| Etymology: El Fâtûr, the fissures, rocks and a spring | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Fatur (click the buttons) | |
Al-Fatur Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′55″N 35°31′36″E | |
| Palestine grid | 199/200 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 729 dunams (72.9 ha or 180 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 110 |
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