Al-Shuna
Al-Shuna (Arabic: الشونة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed and depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 6 km south of Safad, overlooking the deep gorge of Wadi al-'Amud.
Al-Shuna
الشونة | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Kŭlảt esh Shûneh, the castle of the granary | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Shuna (click the buttons) | |
Al-Shuna Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′30″N 35°29′13″E | |
| Palestine grid | 195/257 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | "Not known" |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,660 dunams (3.66 km2 or 1.41 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 170 |
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