Al-Na'ima
Al-Na'ima (Arabic: الناعمة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine located 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Safad, near the al-Hula Plain. The settlement was depopulated during the 1947-1948 civil war on May 14, 1948 by the Israeli Palmach's First Battalion as part of Operation Yiftach.
Al-Na'ima
الناعمة | |
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| Etymology: The soft soil | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Na'ima (click the buttons) | |
Al-Na'ima Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°11′17″N 35°35′42″E | |
| Palestine grid | 206/288 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,155 dunams (7.155 km2 or 2.763 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,240 (1,340 Arabs and 210 Jews) |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Neot Mordechai, Kefar Blum, and Beyt Hillel |
In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 1,240 of whom 210 were Jews.
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