Al-Salihiyya, Palestine
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Al-Salihiyya (Arabic: الصالحية) was a Palestinian Arab village populated by people traditionally associated with the Ghawarna, a generic exonym denoting inhabitants of the drainage plains of the Hula Valley.[5] It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Israeli Palmach. It was located in the Safad Subdistrict, 25 km northeast of Safad, at the intersection of the Jordan River and Wadi Tur'an.
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Al-Salihiyya
الصالحية Salihiya[1] | |
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Etymology: This name is elsewhere attached to buildings or establishments founded by Salah ad-Din (Saladin).[2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°10′02″N 35°36′45″E | |
Palestine grid | 207/285 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[1] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,520[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Secondary cause | Whispering campaign |
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