Al-Manshiyya, Safad Explained

Al-Manshiyya
Native Name:المنشية
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:33.2256°N 35.6067°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:206/292
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Safad
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:Not known[1]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Population As Of:1948
Population Total:140
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation

Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict (located 30 km northeast of Safad) that was depopulated by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach during the 1948 War on May 24, 1948.[2]

In 1948 it had a population of 140. 1948 was also the year the village was destroyed and depopulated. It is now mainly deserted with multiple abandoned buildings.

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Notes and References

  1. Morris, 2004, p xvi, village number 391. Gives both the date and cause for depopulation as "not known".
  2. Khalidi, 1992, p. 473