Al-Sakhina
Al-Sakhina (Arabic: الساخنة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was located five kilometres west of Baysan on the Jalud River on its way to the Jordan River. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon.
Al-Sakhina
الساخنة | |
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1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sakhina (click the buttons) | |
Al-Sakhina Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′59″N 35°27′44″E | |
| Palestine grid | 193/213 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | Not known |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,088 dunams (1.088 km2 or 269 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 530 |
| Current Localities | Nir David |
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