Khirbat al-Majdal explained

Khirbat al-Majdal
Native Name:خربة المجدل
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.3942°N 34.9375°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:149/201
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Tulkarm
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation

Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km northwest of Tulkarm.

History

Khirbat al-Majdal was located on the Crusader place called Megedallum. The site had a well, around which bedouin gradually settled.[1]

The village had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzhaq is located near the village lands, but on land belonging to Raml Zayta.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Khalidi, 1992, p. 556
  2. Khalidi, 1992, p. 557