List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus

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Around 400 Arab towns and villages were depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. Some places were entirely destroyed and left uninhabitable;^[1][2] others were left with a few hundred residents and were repopulated by Jewish immigrants, then renamed.

Those areas that became a part of Israel and had at least a partial Arab population consisted of approximately 100 villages and two towns. Arabs remained in small numbers in some of the cities (Haifa, Jaffa and Acre); and Jerusalem was divided between Jordan and Israel. Around 30,000 Palestinians remained in Jerusalem in what became the Arab part of it (East Jerusalem). In addition, some 30,000 non-Jewish refugees relocated to East Jerusalem, while 5,000 Jewish refugees moved from the Old City to West Jerusalem on the Israeli side. An overwhelming number of the Arab residents, and other non-Jews such as Greeks and Armenians, who had lived in the cities that became a part of Israel and were renamed (Acre, Haifa, Safad, Tiberias, Ashkelon, Beersheba, Jaffa and Beisan) fled or were expelled. Most of the Palestinians who remain there are internally displaced people from the villages nearby.^[3]

There are more than 120 "village memorial books" documenting the history of the depopulated Palestinian villages. These books are based on accounts given by villagers. Rochelle A. Davis has described the authors as seeking "to pass on information about their villages and their values to coming generations".^[4]

The towns and villages listed below are arranged according to the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine they were situated in.

Towns and cities

• Acre
• Haifa
• Safad
• Tiberias
• Ramle
• Lydda
• Al-Majdal, Askalan (renamed Ashkelon)
• Beersheba
• Jaffa
• Beisan

Villages

Acre Subdistrict

al-Bassa - military assault, expulsion by Yishuv forces, 14 May 1948[5] al-Birwa - military assault, 11 June 1948[5] or mid-July al-Damun - military assault, 15–16 July 1948.[5] al-Ghabisiyya[5] al-Kabri – military assault, fear, 21 May 1948.[5] al-Manshiyya – military assault, 14 May 1948[5] al-Mansura – expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948[5] al-Nabi Rubin al-Nahr - military assault, 21 May 1948.[5] al-Ruways al-Sumayriyya military assault, 14 May 1948[5] al-Tall (Tell) - military assault, 21 May 1948[5] Amqa - military assault, 10–11 July 1948.[5] Arab al-Samniyya

Az-Zeeb (al-Zib) - military assault, 14 May 1948[5] Dayr al-Qassi Iqrit - expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948.[5] Kafr 'Inan – expulsion by Yishuv forces, February 1949[5] Khirbat Iribbin Khirbat Jiddin Kuwaykat – military assault, 10 July 1948.[5] Mi'ar Sha'ab[6] Suhmata - military assault, 30 October 1948[5] Suruh - expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948[5] Tarbikha, expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948[5] Umm al-Faraj - military assault, 21 May 1948[5]

Beersheba Subdistrict

• al-Imara
• al-Jammama
• al-Khalasa
• Beersheba, military assault, expulsions, 20 October 1948
• Umm al-Rashrash

Beisan Subdistrict

al-Ashrafiyya Al-Bira al-Fatur al-Ghazzawiyya al-Hamidiyya Al-Hamra al-Khunayzir al-Murassas al-Sakhina al-Samiriyya

al-Tira Arab al-'Arida Arab al-Bawati Arab al-Safa Beisan Danna Farwana Jabbul Kafra Kawkab al-Hawa

Khirbat Al-Taqa Khirbat Umm Sabuna Khirbat Zawiya Masil al-Jizl Qumya Sirin - Arab evacuation order, April–May 1948.[7] Tall al-Shawk Umm 'Ajra Yubla Zab'a

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  The well at al-Khalasa, 1900–26
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  Israeli troops in Beersheba, 20 October 1948

Gaza Subdistrict

al-Batani al-Gharbi al-Batani al-Sharqi al-Faluja al-Jaladiyya al-Jiyya al-Jura al-Khisas al-Masmiyya al-Kabira al-Masmiyya al-Saghira al-Muharraqa al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya Arab Suqrir Isdud al-Majdal

Barbara Barqa Bayt 'Affa Bayt Daras Bayt Jirja Bayt Tima Bil'in Burayr Dayr Sunayd Dimra Hamama Hatta Hiribya Huj Hulayqat Ibdis

Iraq al-Manshiyya Iraq Suwaydan Julis Jusayr Karatiyya Kawfakha Kawkaba Najd Ni'ilya Qastina Simsim Summil Tall al-Turmus Yasur

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  Al-Faluja, 28 February 1949

Haifa Subdistrict

Abu Shusha Abu Zurayq al-Butaymat al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa al-Ghubayya al-Tahta Al-Jalama al-Kafrayn al-Mansi Al-Mazar al-Rihaniyya al-Sarafand al-Sindiyana al-Tira Arab al-Fuqara Arab al-Nufay'at Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri Atlit Ayn Ghazal

Balad al-Sheikh Barrat Qisarya Burayka Qisarya Daliyat al-Rawha' Ayn Hawd Hawsha Ijzim Jaba' Kabara Kafr Lam Khirbat Al-Burj Khirbat Al-Dumun Khirbat Al-Kasayir Khirbat Al-Manara Khirbat Al-Mansura Khirbat al-Sarkas Khirbat al-Sawamir

Khirbat al-Shuna Khirbat Lid Khirbat Qumbaza Khirbat Sa'sa' Khubbayza Naghnaghiya Qamun Qannir Qira Sabbarin Tantura Tiberias Umm ash Shauf Umm az-Zinat Wa'arat al-Sarris Wadi Ara Yajur

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  Ein Hod, 2009
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  Wadi Ara, 2007

Hebron Subdistrict

'Ajjur al-Dawayima - massacre[8] al-Qubayba az-Zakariyya Barqusya Bayt Jibrin

Bayt Nattif Dayr Nakhkhas Deir al-Dubban Khirbat Umm Burj Kudna Mughallis

Ra'na Tell es-Safi Zayta Zikrin

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  Bayt Jibrin, 2005

Jaffa Subdistrict

Abu Kishk al-'Abbasiyya al-Haram al-Jammasin al-Gharbi al-Jammasin al-Sharqi al-Khayriyya al-Mas'udiyya al-Mirr

al-Muwaylih al-Safiriyya al-Sawalima al-Shaykh Muwannis Bayt Dajan Biyar 'Adas Fajja Ijlil al-Qibliyya

Ijlil al-Shamaliyya Jarisha Kafr 'Ana Rantiya Salama Saqiya Yazur

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  Yazur, 2008

Jenin Subdistrict

• Al-Mazar
• Ayn al-Mansi
• Khirbat al-Jawfa
• Lajjun
• Nuris
• Zir'in

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  Zir'in, 1918

Jerusalem Subdistrict

al-Burayj al-Jura al-Qabu al-Walaja Allar al-Qastal Aqqur Artuf Ayn Karim Bayt 'Itab Bayt Mahsir Bayt Naqquba Bayt Thul Bayt Umm al-Mays

Dayr 'Amr Dayr Aban Dayr al-Hawa Dayr al-Shaykh Dayr Rafat Deir Yassin Ishwa Islin Jarash Kasla Khirbat al-'Umur Khirbat Al-Lawz Khirbat al-Tannur Khirbat Ism Allah

Lifta al-Maliha Nitaf Qalunya Ras Abu 'Ammar Romema Sar'a Saris Sataf Sheikh Badr Suba Sufla

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  Postcard from Ayn Karim (Ein Karem)
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  Deir Yassin, now part of the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center

Nazareth Subdistrict

• al-Mujaydil
• Indur
• Ma'alul
• Saffuriyya

Ramle Subdistrict

Abu al-Fadl Abu Shusha Ajanjul al-Barriyya al-Burj al-Haditha al-Khayma al-Kunayyisa al-Maghar al-Mansura al-Mukhayzin al-Muzayri'a al-Na'ani al-Qubab al-Qubayba al-Tina al-Tira Aqir Barfiliya Bashshit

Bayt Jiz Bayt Nabala Bayt Shanna Bayt Susin Bir Ma'in Bir Salim Daniyal Dayr Abu Salama Dayr Ayyub Dayr Muhaysin Dayr Tarif Idnibba Innaba Jilya Jimzu Kharruba Khirbat al-Buwayra Khirbat al-Duhayriyya Khirbat Bayt Far Khirbat Zakariyya

Khulda Latrun Majdal Yaba Nabi Rubin Qatra Qazaza Qula Sajad Salbit Sarafand al-Amar Sarafand al-Kharab Saydun Shahma Shilta Umm Kalkha Wadi Hunayn Yibna Zarnuqa

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  Lydda in 1920
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  Ramle between 1870 and 1880
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  The Trappist monastery in Latrun

Safad Subdistrict

'Akbara Abil al-Qamh al-'Abisiyya al-'Ulmaniyya al-'Urayfiyya al-Butayha al-Buwayziyya al-Dawwara al-Dirbashiyya al-Dirdara al-Hamra' al-Husayniyya al-Ja'una al-Khalisa al-Khisas Al-Malkiyya al-Manshiyya al-Mansura al-Muftakhira al-Na'ima al-Nabi Yusha' al-Qudayriyya al-Ras al-Ahmar al-Salihiyya al-Sammu'i al-Sanbariyya

al-Shawka al-Tahta al-Shuna al-Wayziyya al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta al-Zanghariyya al-Zuq al-Fawqani al-Zuq al-Tahtani Alma Ammuqa Arab al-Shamalina Arab al-Zubayd Baysamun Biriyya Dallata Dayshum Ein al-Zeitun Fara Farradiyya Fir'im Ghabbatiyya Ghuraba Harrawi Hunin Jahula Jubb Yusuf Kafr Bir'im

Khan al-Duwayr Khirbat al-Muntar Khirbat Karraza Khiyam al-Walid Kirad al-Baqqara Kirad al-Ghannama Lazzaza Madahil Mallaha Mansurat al-Khayt Marus Meiron Mughr al-Khayt Qabba'a Qadas Qaddita Qaytiyya Sa'sa' Sabalan Safad Safsaf - massacre[9] Saliha - massacre[8] Taytaba Tulayl Yarda al-Zawiya

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  Ein al-Zeitun
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  Safad, 1908

Tiberias Subdistrict

Al-'Ubaydiyya al-Dalhamiyya al-Hamma al-Majdal al-Manara al-Manshiyya al-Mansura al-Nuqayb

al-Samakiyya al-Samra al-Shajara Awlam Ghuwayr Abu Shusha Hadatha Hittin Kafr Sabt

Khirbat al-Wa'ra al-Sawda' Lubya Ma'dhar Nasir ad-Din Nimrin Samakh Tabgha Yaquq

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  Samakh, 2006
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  Hittin, 1934

Tulkarm Subdistrict

al-Jalama al-Manshiyya Bayyarat Hannun Fardisya Ghabat Kafr Sur Kafr Saba

Khirbat al-Majdal Khirbat al-Zababida Khirbat Bayt Lid Khirbat Zalafa Miska Qaqun

Raml Zayta Tabsur Umm Khalid Wadi al-Hawarith Wadi Qabbani

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  Qaqun, 2008

See also

• Causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus
• Transfer Committee
• Plan Dalet
• Khirba
• Palestine refugee camps
• 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle
• List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict
• Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
• Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab–Israeli conflict
• Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine war
• List of battles and operations in the 1948 Palestine war

Notes

1. Benny Morris (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. Retrieved 22 May 2013. About 400 villages and towns were depopulated in the course of the war and its immediate aftermath. By mid-1949, the majority of these sites were either completely or partly in ruins and uninhabitable.
2. Naseer Aruri (20 July 2001). Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return. Pluto Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7453-1777-9. Retrieved 22 May 2013. Of the 418 depopulated villages, 293 (70%) were totally destroyed and 90 (22%) were largely destroyed. Seven survived, including 'Ayn Karim (west of Jerusalem), but were taken by Israeli settlers.
3. Davis, 2011, pp. 237-238
4. Davis, 2011, p. Preface - xvii
5. Morris 2004, p. xv
6. Morris 2004, p. 423, p. 514, p. 536
7. Morris, 2004, p.177.
8. Shavit 2004.
9. Morris 2004, p. 500.

References

• Morris, Benny. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press, 2004. See in particular pp. xiv–xviii, where Morris lists 389 Palestinian villages depopulated by massacres, expulsions, military assault, or flight.
• Morris, Benny. 1948: The First Arab–Israeli War. Yale University Press, 2008.
• Khalidi, Walid. (ed.) All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies 1992, 2006.
• Shavit, Ari. Deir Yasian: Survival of the Fittest, interview with Benny Morris, Haaretz, January 9, 2004.
• Davis, Rochelle A. (2011). Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California. ISBN 978-0-8047-7312-6.

External links

• Palestine Remembered
• Deir Yassin Remembered
• iNakba is a mobile app enabling users to locate, learn and contribute information about Palestinian localities destroyed in 1948