Al-Husayniyya, Safad
Al-Husayniyya (Arabic: الحسينية) was a Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948.
Al-Husayniyya
الحسينية Al-Husayniyya | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Khirbat Al-Husayniyya: The ruin of el Hasanîyeh, named after Hasan ibn Ali | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Husayniyya, Safad (click the buttons) | |
Al-Husayniyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°02′23″N 35°34′58″E | |
| Palestine grid | 204/271 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | 21 April 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,324 dunams (5.324 km2 or 2.056 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 340 (together with Tulayl) |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Chulata, Sde Eliezer |
On 13 May 1948, Haganah paramilitary forces committed a crime by killing more than 30 children and women, which led the rest of the people living in the village to flee and seek shelter in Lebanon and Syria.
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