The depopulated village of Al-Ghazzawiyya / District of Baysan
District of Baysan
Al-Ghazzawiyya
About the depopulated village of Al-Ghazzawiyya
- District
- Baysan
- Date Al-Ghazzawiyya was occupied
- 20 May 1948
- Population in 1948
- 1,180
- Military operation
- Operation Gideon
- Brigade that carried it out
- Golani Brigade
- Distance from the governorate centre
- 2 (km) East of Baysan
- Elevation above sea level
- -250 m
- Cause of displacement
- Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
- Extent of destruction
- al-Ghazzawiyya was completely destroyed defaced.
- Ethnic cleansing
- al-Ghazzawiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
- Settlements built on the land of Al-Ghazzawiyya before 1948
- Maoz Haim, Neve Eitan
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Borders of the depopulated village of Al-Ghazzawiyya
North
'Arab al-Bawati
West
Baysan
The depopulated village of Al-Ghazzawiyya / District of Baysan
East
Jordan River
South
Umm 'Ajra
District: Baysan
Population 1948: 1180
Occupation date: 01/05/1948
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: Maoz Haim, Neve Eitan
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: None
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