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Khirbat Zawiya

Khirbat Zawiya

Place in Baysan, Mandatory Palestine

For other places with similar names, see Zawiya.

Al-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاوية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the village.

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History

It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Khalidi, 1992, p. 67

Bibliography

  • Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  • Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.


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