Fir'im
فرعم Feram[1] | |
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Village | |
Etymology: from personal name[2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°59′07″N 35°31′59″E / 32.98528°N 35.53306°E | |
Palestine grid | 200/265 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 26, 1948[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,023 dunams (2.023 km2 or 500 acres) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 740[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Hatzor HaGlilit |
Fir'im (Arabic: فرعم) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war. It was first attacked during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Yiftach. In 1945 the population had been 740.
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