Fir'im

Fir'im فرعم Feram[1]
Village
Etymology: from personal name[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Fir'im (click the buttons)
Fir'im Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°59′07″N 35°31′59″E / 32.98528°N 35.53306°E / 32.98528; 35.53306
Palestine grid	200/265
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 26, 1948[5]
Area [3]
• 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.