Al-Na'ima
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Al-Na'ima (Arabic: الناعمة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine located 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Safad, near the al-Hula Plain. The settlement was depopulated during the 1947-1948 civil war on May 14, 1948 by the Israeli Palmach's First Battalion as part of Operation Yiftach.
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Al-Na'ima
الناعمة | |
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Etymology: The soft soil[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°11′17″N 35°35′42″E | |
Palestine grid | 206/288 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,155 dunams (7.155 km2 or 2.763 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,240 (1,340 Arabs and 210 Jews)[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Neot Mordechai,[5] Kefar Blum,[5] and Beyt Hillel[5] |
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In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 1,240 of whom 210 were Jews.[4]