Arab al-Shamalina
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Arab al-Shamalina (Arabic: عرب الشمالنة) also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matate (Broom), a sub operation of Operation Yiftach. It was located 13 km southeast of Safad near the Jordan River.
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Arab al-Shamalina
عرب الشمالنة | |
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Etymology: Kh. Abu Zeineh, the ruin of Abu Zeineh, p.n.[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°54′26″N 35°36′08″E | |
Palestine grid | 205/256 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 4, 1948[2] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 650[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Almagor[5] |
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In 1945 it had a population of 650.