Ghabbatiyya

Ghabbatiyya

غبّاطية
Ghabbatiya^[1]
Ghabbatiyya غبّاطية Ghabbatiya
Village
	Etymology: Kh. Ghabbâtî, the ruin of Ghabbâti; perhaps from ghabit, “low-lying land”
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Ghabbatiyya (click the buttons)
	Ghabbatiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°00′53″N 35°22′33″E / 33.01472°N 35.37583°E
Palestine grid	185/268
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	60

Ghabbatiyya (Arabic: غبّاطية) was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 30, 1948, under Operation Hiram. It was located 12 km northwest of Safad.

In 1945 it had a population of 60 Muslims.^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #61. Also gives cause of depopulation as "?"
^ Palmer, 1881, pp. 64 83
^ ^a ^b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
^ Khalidi, 1992, p.451

Ghabbatiyya غبّاطية Ghabbatiya^[1]
Village
Etymology: Kh. Ghabbâtî, the ruin of Ghabbâti; perhaps from ghabit, “low-lying land”^[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Ghabbatiyya (click the buttons)
Ghabbatiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°00′53″N 35°22′33″E / 33.01472°N 35.37583°E / 33.01472; 35.37583
Palestine grid	185/268
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948^[1]
Population (1945)
• Total	60^[3]