Al-Sanbariyya

Al-Sanbariyya
السنبرية
Etymology: Kh. es Sambarîyeh, the ruin of the Sambarîyeh[1]
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Al-Sanbariyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Sanbariyya
Al-Sanbariyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°14′05″N 35°37′07″E / 33.23472°N 35.61861°E / 33.23472; 35.61861
Palestine grid208/293
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay, 1948[3]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total130[2]
Current LocalitiesMa'yan Barukh[4] and Dafna[4]

Al-Sanbariyya was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by Palmach's First Battalion under Operation Yiftach. It was located 31.5 km northeast of Safad, near Wadi Hasibani.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 28
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #4. Causes of depopulation given as "?"
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Khalidi494 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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