The depopulated village of Al-Shuna / District of Safed
District of Safed
Al-Shuna
About the depopulated village of Al-Shuna
- District
- Safed
- Date Al-Shuna was occupied
- 30 April 1948
- Population in 1948
- 197
- Military operation
- Operation Yiftach
- Brigade that carried it out
- Palmach
- Distance from the governorate centre
- 6 (km) South of Safad
- Elevation above sea level
- 50 m
- Cause of displacement
- Military assault by Zionist troops
- Extent of destruction
- The village has been completely destroyed with the exception of two houses
- Ethnic cleansing
- al-Shuna inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
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Borders of the depopulated village of Al-Shuna
North-west
Al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
North
'Akbara
North-east
Jubb Yusuf
West
Al-Farradiyya
The depopulated village of Al-Shuna / District of Safed
East
Al-Qudayriyya
South
Yaquq
South-east
Al-Tabigha
District: Safed
Population 1948: 200
Occupation date: 01/05/1948
Occupying unit: Palmah 1st battalion
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: None
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