Wadi al-Hawarith

Wadi al-Hawarith وادي الحوارث
Village
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Wadi al-Hawarith Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°23′N 34°54′E / 32.39°N 34.90°E / 32.39; 34.90
Palestine grid	139/201 (North) 139/200 (South)
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	March 15, 1948[2]
Area
• Total	7,106 dunams (7.106 km2 or 2.744 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,330[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Current Localities	Kfar Haroeh,[3] Geulei Teiman[3]

Wadi al-Hawarith (Arabic: وادي الحوارث) was a Palestinian bedouin village^[4][5][6] in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed at the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on March 15, 1948, following the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.^[2] It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm. Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses.

In 1945, Wadi al-Hawarith had a total population of 1,330.