Kirad al-Baqqara
Kirad al-Baqqara (Arabic: كراد البقارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 22, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 11 km northwest of Safad and Wadi Mushayrifa ran between the two Kirad villages (al-Ghannama and al-Baqqara).
Kirad al-Baqqara
كراد البقارة | |
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Village | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Kirad al-Baqqara (click the buttons) | |
Kirad al-Baqqara Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°01′07″N 35°36′04″E | |
| Palestine grid | 206/269 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | April 22, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 360 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Gadot and Mishmar ha-Yarden |
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