Marus, Safad

Marus ماروس
Etymology: Kh. Marus=the ruin of Marus, where "Marus" comes from a personal name.[1]
Marus Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°01′43.38″N 35°31′41.61″E / 33.0287167°N 35.5282250°E / 33.0287167; 35.5282250
Palestine grid	199/270
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	26 May 1948/ 30 October 1948[4]
Population  (1945)
• Total	80[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Marus (Arabic: ماروس) was a Palestinian village in Upper Galilee, 7 km northeast of Safad. In the Roman and medieval period it had Jewish population, and by the 16th century it became entirely Muslim. After a period of desertion, the Ottoman authorities resettled it with Algerian Arabs in the 19th century. It was depopulated in 1948 during the Operation Hiram by the Israeli attacking brigade Sheva' Brigade.