Khubbayza

Khubbayza خبْيزة Khubbeiza
Village
Etymology: "March Mallow"[1]
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Khubbayza Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′22″N 35°03′56″E / 32.55611°N 35.06556°E / 32.55611; 35.06556
Palestine grid	156/218
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	12–14 May 1948[3]
Area
• Total	4,854 dunams (4.854 km2 or 1.874 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	290[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	None

Khubbayza (Arabic: خبْيزة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict, located 29.5 kilometers (18.3 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was situated on hilly terrain, south of Wadi al-Sindiyana, between the Jezreel Valley with the Mediterranean coast. In 1945, it had a population of 290.^[4] Khubbayza was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 12, 1948, in the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek.^[5]