Al-'Abisiyya

Al-'Abisiyya العابسية
Village
Etymology: From personal name[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-'Abisiyya (click the buttons)
Al-'Abisiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°11′55″N 35°37′59″E / 33.19861°N 35.63306°E / 33.19861; 35.63306
Palestine grid	209/289
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 25, 1948[3]
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,220[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Sde Nehemia

Al-'Abisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 29, 1948, by The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 28.5 km northeast of Safad near to the Banyas River which the village relied on for irrigation.