Al-Hamra' Explained

Al-Hamra'
Native Name:الحمراء
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:33.1531°N 35.6475°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:210/284
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Safad
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:May 1, 1948[1]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Blank1 Name Sec1:Secondary cause
Blank1 Info Sec1:Military assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Hamra' (Arabic: الحمراء ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 24.5 km northeast of Safad, 1 km northwest of Wadi al-Dufayla.

History

During the British Mandate for Palestine, Al-Hamra' was noted as a village in the Palestine index Gazetteer.[2]

In 1944, Shamir was established about 2 km northeast of the village site.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #20. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  2. Khalidi, 1992, p. 453