Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km northeast of Safad.
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Zuq al-Hajj | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Kh. Zûk el Hâj, the pilgrim’s town or village. Zak is a local Syriac word | |
1870s map
1940s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Zuq al-Fawqani (click the buttons) | |
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°14′37″N 35°35′30″E | |
| Palestine grid | 205/294 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,832 dunams (1.832 km2 or 453 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 160 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Yuval |
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