Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
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Al-Zuq al-Tahtani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 30 km northeast of Safad.
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Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
الزوق التحتاني | |
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Village | |
Etymology: the lower Zuk (Zuk is a Syriac word meaning "town", or "village")[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°12′54″N 35°36′04″E | |
Palestine grid | 205/291 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 11, 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 11,634 dunams (11.634 km2 or 4.492 sq mi) |
Population (1948) | |
• Total | 1,050[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Beyt Hillel[5] |
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