Al-Muftakhira
Village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Muftakhira was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated in the 1948 War on May 16, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Yiftach. It was located 25.5 km northeast of Safad.
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Al-Muftakhira | |
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Village | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°09′31″N 35°38′23″E | |
Palestine grid | 209/284 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 16, 1948[1] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 350[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Current Localities | Shamir, Israel[4] |
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In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 350.[2][3]