Al-Hamidiyya

Al-Hamidiyya
الحميديه
Hamidiya, al-
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Al-Hamidiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Hamidiyya
Al-Hamidiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°32′39″N 35°30′56″E / 32.54417°N 35.51556°E / 32.54417; 35.51556
Palestine grid198/216
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulation12 May 1948[3]
Area
 • Total10,902 dunams (10.902 km2 or 4.209 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total220[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulationAttacked as part of Operation Gideon

Al-Hamidiyya (Arabic: الحميديه), was a Palestinian village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Jewish militias, precursors of the Israel Defense Forces, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located five kilometres north of Baysan. It was attacked as part of Operation Gideon. The population in 1922 was 193, expanding to 255 in 1948.

  1. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #119. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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