Khirbat Zalafa
Khirbat Zalafa (Arabic: خربة زلفة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict, located about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northwest of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war. It was occupied by Yishuv forces on April 15, 1948 as a part of operation "Coastal Clearing."
Khirbat Zalafa
خربة زلفة Khirbet Zalafa, Zalafa | |
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| Etymology: "The cistern" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Zalafa (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat Zalafa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′14″N 34°56′33″E | |
| Palestine grid | 144/201 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | April 15, 1948 |
| Area (6,865 Arab, 617 Jewish, 231 Public) | |
| • Total | 7,713 dunams (7.713 km2 or 2.978 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 210 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
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