Al-'Urayfiyya Explained

Al-'Urayfiyya
Native Name:العريفية
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:33.1106°N 35.6503°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:211/279
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Safad
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:April 1, 1948
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation

Al-'Urayfiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 21.5 km northeast of Safad. The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the remains of a water mill and masonry channel.[1]

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  1. Khalidi, 1992, pp. 502-503