Abu Kishk
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Abu Kishk (Arabic: أبو كشك) was a Palestinian village in the Jaffa Subdistrict located 12 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km northwest of the Yarkon River. The village was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 30 March 1948 by the Irgun.
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Abu Kishk
ابو كشْك | |
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Village | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°8′11″N 34°51′55″E | |
Palestine grid | 136/170 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jaffa |
Date of depopulation | 30 March 1948[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 17,121 dunams (17.121 km2 or 6.610 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,900[3][2][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Herzliya[5] |
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In 1945 the population of the village was about 1,900; about 300 of them lived in the area that later became Herzliya after the establishment of the state of Israel.[6]