Al-Hamra'
Al-Hamra' (Arabic: الحمراء) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 24.5 km northeast of Safad, 1 km northwest of Wadi al-Dufayla.
Al-Hamra'
الحمراء | |
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Village | |
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Hamra' (click the buttons) | |
Al-Hamra' Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°09′11″N 35°38′51″E | |
| Palestine grid | 210/284 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 1, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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