Safsaf
Depopulated Palestinian village in present-day Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Safsaf, Libya.
Safsaf (Arabic: صفصاف Ṣafṣāf, "weeping willow") was a Palestinian village 9 kilometres northwest of Safed, present-day Israel. Its villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Safsaf
صفصاف Safsofa | |
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Village | |
Etymology: "the Osier willow"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°00′42″N 35°26′44″E | |
Palestine grid | 192/268 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | 29 October 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,391 dunams (7.391 km2 or 2.854 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 910[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Secondary cause | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Current Localities | Kfar Hoshen,[5][6] Bar Yohai[7] |
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