Kirad al-Ghannama

Kirad al-Ghannama 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 northeast of Safad. Wadi Mushayrifa ran between the two Kirad villages (al-Ghannama and al-Baqqara) and Wadi Waqqas supplied the village with its water requirements. The village contained the following khirbas: Khirbat Nijmat al-Subh, Tall al-Qadah, and Tall al-Safa.

Kirad al-Ghannama
كراد الغنامة
Village
1870s map
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Kirad al-Ghannama
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°01′18″N 35°35′14″E
Palestine grid205/269
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationApril 22, 1948
Area
  Total3,975 dunams (3.975 km2 or 1.535 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total350
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesAyyelet ha-Shahar and Gadot
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