Zab'a

Zab'a زبعة
Village
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Zab'a (click the buttons)
Zab'a Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′15″N 35°32′55″E / 32.55417°N 35.54861°E / 32.55417; 35.54861
Palestine grid	200/217
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 12, 1948
Population  (1945)
• Total	170[1][2]
Current Localities	Beyt Yosef[3] Doshen[3]

Zab'a (Arabic: زبعة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 5.5 km northeast of Baysan on Wadi Yubla or Wadi al-'Ashsha.^[4]