Baysamun

Baysamun بيسمون Beisamun, En Besamun, Basimun[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Baysamun (click the buttons)
Baysamun Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°5′51″N 35°34′54″E / 33.09750°N 35.58167°E / 33.09750; 35.58167
Palestine grid	204/278
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 25, 1948[3]
Population  (1945)
• Total	20[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign

Baysamun or Beisamoun (Arabic: بيسمون, Beisamûn) was a small Palestinian Arab village, located 16.5 kilometers (10.3 mi) in the marshy Hula Valley northeast of Safad. In 1945, it had a population of 20.^[4] It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion in Operation Yiftach.

Beisamoun is an important archaeological site for the Neolithic period, with two plastered human skulls, cremation signs and house floors found there. It stood in close proximity to another major Natufian ("Final Old Stone Age") site, 'Ain Mallaha.