The depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya / District of Gaza
District of Gaza
Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
About the depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
- District
- Gaza
- Date Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya was occupied
- 18 May 1948
- Military operation
- Operation Barak
- Brigade that carried it out
- Givati Brigade
- Elevation above sea level
- 50 m
- Cause of displacement
- Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
- Extent of destruction
- The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses
- Ethnic cleansing
- al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
- Settlements built on the built-up area of Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya after 1948
- Kfar Varburg expansion
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Borders of the depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
North-west
Bayt Daras
North
Al-Batani al-Gharbi
North-east
Qastina
The depopulated village of Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya / District of Gaza
South-west
Julis
South
Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
South-east
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
District: Gaza
Population 1948: 790
Occupation date: 11/05/1948
Occupying unit: Giva'ati
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Kfar Varburg expansion
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