List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus

1948 Palestinian exodus Main articles 1948 Palestinian exodus 1947–48 civil war 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1948 Palestine War Causes of the exodus Nakba Day Palestine refugee camps Palestinian refugee Palestinian right of return Present absentee Transfer Committee Resolution 194 Background British Mandate for Palestine Israel's declaration of independence Israeli-Palestinian conflict history New Historians Palestine · Plan Dalet 1947 partition plan · UNRWA Key incidents Battle of Haifa Deir Yassin massacre Exodus from Lydda Notable writers Aref al-Aref · Yoav Gelber Efraim Karsh · Walid Khalidi Nur Masalha · Benny Morris Ilan Pappe · Tom Segev Avraham Sela · Avi Shlaim Related categories/lists List of depopulated villages Related templates Palestinians

This list of Arab towns and villages that were depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus gathers about 500 items. Some areas were entirely depopulated and destroyed; others were left with a few hundred residents and were repopulated by Jewish immigrants, then renamed. Towns and villages are arranged according to the subdistrict of the pre-1948 British Mandate of Palestine they were situated in.

District of Acre

• 'Amqa, Military assault on settlement, 10–11 July 1948.
• Arab al-Samniyya,
• al-Bassa, Military assault on settlement, Expulsion by Yishuv forces, 14 May 1948.
• al-Birwa, Military assault on settlement, 11 June 1948 (?)
• al-Damun, Military assault on settlement, July 15–16, 1948.
• Dayr al-Qassi
• al-Ghabisiyya
• Iqrit - Expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948.
• Iribbin, Khirbat
• Jiddin, Khirbat
• al-Kabri, Military assault on settlement, fear, 21 May 1948.
• Kafr Bir'im, Expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948.

• Kafr 'Inan - Expulsion by Yishuv forces, February 1949.
• Kuwaykat, Military assault on settlement, 10 July 1948.
• al-Manshiyya, Military assault on settlement, 14 May 1948.
• al-Mansura, Expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November
• Mi'ar
• al-Nabi Rubin
• al-Nahr, Military assault on settlement, 21 May 1948.
• al-Ruways
• Sha'ab
• Suhmata - Military assault on settlement, 30 October 1948.
• al-Sumayriyya Military assault on settlement, 14 May 1948.

• Suruh - Expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948.
• al-Tall (Tell), Military assault on settlement, 21 May 1948.
• Tarbikha - Expulsion by Yishuv forces, early November 1948.
• Umm al-Faraj, Military assault on settlement, 21 May 1948.
• al-Zeeb (Zib), Military assault on settlement, 14 May 1948.
• Suhmata
• al-Sumayriyya
• Suruh
• al-Tall (Tell), military assault, May 21
• Tarbikha
• Umm al-Faraj, military assault, May 21
• al-Zeeb (Zib), military assault, May 14

District of Baysan

• Arab al-'Arida
• Arab al-Bawati
• Arab al-Safa
• al-Ashrafiyya
• Al-Bira, Baysan
• Danna
• Farwana
• al-Fatur
• al-Ghazzawiyya
• al-Hamidiyya

• Al-Hamra, Baysan
• Jabbul
• Kafra
• Kawkab al-Hawa
• al-Khunayzir
• Masil al-Jizl
• al-Murassas
• Qumya
• al-Sakhina
• al-Samiriyya

• Sirin, Arab evacuation order, April-May 1948.
• Tall al-Shawk
• al-Taqa, Khirbat
• al-Tira
• Umm 'Ajra
• Umm Sabuna, Khirbat
• Yubla
• Zab'a
• al-Zawiya, Khirbat

District of Beersheba

• Beersheba, military assault, expulsions, October 20
• al-Imara
• al-Jammama
• al-Khalasa

• 

  The well at al-Khalasa, 1900-1926

• 

  Israeli troops in Beersheba, October 20, 1948

District of Gaza

• Arab Suqrir
• Barbara
• Barqa
• al-Batani al-Gharbi
• al-Batani al-Sharqi
• Beit Daras
• Bayt 'Affa
• Bayt Jirja
• Bayt Tima
• Bil'in
• Burayr
• Dayr Sunayd
• Dimra
• al-Faluja
• Hamama

• Hatta
• Hiribya
• Huj
• Hulayqat
• Ibdis
• Iraq al-Manshiyya
• Iraq Suwaydan
• Isdud
• al-Jaladiyya
• al-Jiyya
• Julis
• al-Jura
• Jusayr
• Karatiyya
• Kawfakha

• Kawkaba
• al-Khisas
• al-Majdal
• al-Masmiyya al-Kabira
• al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
• al-Muharraqa
• Najd
• Ni'ilya
• Qastina
• al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
• al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
• al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
• Simsim
• Summil
• Tall al-Turmus
• Yasur

• 

  Al-Faluja, February 28, 1949

District of Haifa

• Abu Shusha (Haifa District)
• Abu Zurayq
• Arab al-Fuqara
• Arab al-Nufay'at
• Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri
• Ayn Ghazal
• Balad al-Shaykh
• Barrat Qisarya
• Beisan (Beit She'an)
• Burayka
• al-Burj, Khirbat
• al-Butaymat
• Daliyat al-Rawha'
• al-Dumun, Khirbat
• Ain Hawd
• al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa
• al-Ghubayya al-Tahta
• Haifa
• Hawsha

• Ijzim
• Jaba'
• al-Jalama
• Kabara
• al-Kafrayn
• Kafr Lam
• al-Kasayir, Khirbat
• Khubbayza
• Lid, Khirbat
• al-Manara, Khirbat
• al-Mansi
• al-Mansura, Khirbat
• al-Mazar
• al-Naghnaghiyya
• Qannir
• Qira
• Qisarya
• Qumbaza

• al-Rihaniyya
• Sabbarin
• al-Sarafand
• al-Sarkas, Khirbat
• Sa'sa', Khirbat
• al-Sawamir
• al-Shuna, Khirbat
• al-Sindiyana
• al-Tantura
• al-Tira
• Tiberias
• Umm al-Shawf
• Umm al-Zinat
• Wa'arat al-Sarris
• Wadi Ara (village)
• Yajur, Haifa

• 

  Ein Hod, circa 2009

• 

  Wadi Ara, 2007

District of Hebron

• Ajjur
• Barqusya
• Bayt Jibrin
• Bayt Nattif
• al-Dawayima, massacre
• Dayr al-Dubban

• Dayr Nakhkhas
• Kudna
• Mughallis
• al-Qubayba
• Ra'na

• Tall al-Safi
• Umm Burj, Khirbat
• az-Zakariyya
• Zayta
• Zikrin

• 

  Bayt Jibrin, 2005

District of Jaffa

• al-'Abbasiyya
• Abu Kishk
• Bayt Dajan
• Biyar 'Adas
• Fajja
• al-Haram
• Ijlil al-Qibliyya
• Ijlil al-Shamaliyya

• al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
• al-Jammasin al-Sharqi
• Jarisha
• Kafr 'Ana
• al-Khayriyya
• al-Mas'udiyya
• al-Mirr
• al-Muwaylih

• Rantiya
• al-Safiriyya
• Salama
• Saqiya
• al-Sawalima
• al-Shaykh Muwannis
• Yazur

• 

  Yazur, 2008

District of Jerusalem

• Allar
• Aqqur
• Artuf
• Bayt 'Itab
• Bayt Mahsir
• Bayt Naqquba
• Bayt Thul
• Bayt Umm al-Mays
• al-Burayj
• Dayr Aban
• Dayr 'Amr
• Dayr al-Hawa
• Dayr Rafat

• Dayr al-Shaykh
• Deir Yassin, massacre, April 9–11
• Ein Karim
• Ishwa
• Islin
• Ism Allah, Khirbat
• Jarash
• al-Jura
• Kasla
• al-Lawz, Khirbat
• Lifta
• al-Maliha
• Nitaf

• al-Qabu
• Qalunya
• al-Qastal
• Ras Abu 'Ammar
• Romema
• Sar'a
• Saris
• Sataf
• Suba
• Sufla
• al-Tannur, Khirbat
• al-'Umur, Khirbat
• al-Walaja

• 

  Postcard from Ayn Karim (Ein Karim)

• 

  Deir Yassin, now part of the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center

District of Jenin

• Ayn al-Mansi
• al-Jawfa, Khirbat
• al-Lajjun
• al-Mazar
• Nuris
• Zir'in

• 

  Zir'in, 1918

District of Nazareth

• Indur
• Ma'lul
• al-Mujaydil
• Saffuriyya
• al-Subeih

District of Ramla

• Abu al-Fadl
• Abu Shusha
• Ajanjul
• Aqir
• Barfiliya
• al-Barriyya
• Bashshit
• Bayt Far, Khirbat
• Bayt Jiz
• Bayt Nabala
• Bayt Shanna
• Bayt Susin
• Bir Ma'in
• Bir Salim
• al-Burj
• al-Buwayra, Khirbat
• Daniyal
• Dayr Abu Salama
• Dayr Ayyub
• Dayr Muhaysin

• Dayr Tarif
• al-Duhayriyya, Khirbat
• al-Haditha
• Idnibba
• Innaba
• Jilya
• Jimzu
• Kharruba
• al-Khayma
• Khulda
• al-Kunayyisa
• al-Latrun
• Lydda (Lod)
• al-Maghar
• Majdal Yaba
• al-Mansura
• al-Mukhayzin
• al-Muzayri'a
• al-Na'ani
• Nabi Rubin
• Qatra

• Qazaza
• al-Qubab
• al-Qubayba
• Qula
• Ramla; see Exodus from Lydda and Ramla
• Sajad
• Salbit
• Sarafand al-'Amar
• Sarafand al-Kharab
• Saydun
• Shahma
• Shilta
• al-Tina
• al-Tira
• Umm Kalkha
• Wadi Hunayn
• Yibna
• Zakariyya, Khirbat
• Zarnuqa

• 

  Lydda in 1920

• 

  Ramla between 1870 and 1880

• 

  The Trappist monastery in Latrun

District of Safad

• Abil al-Qamh
• al-'Abisiyya
• Alma
• Ammuqa
• Arab al-Shamalina
• Arab al-Zubayd
• Baysamun
• Biriyya
• al-Butayha
• al-Buwayziyya
• Dallata
• al-Dawwara
• Dayshum
• al-Dirbashiyya
• al-Dirdara
• Ein al-Zeitun
• Fara
• al-Farradiyya
• Fir'im
• Ghabbatiyya
• Ghuraba
• al-Hamra'
• Harrawi
• Hunin
• al-Husayniyya
• Jahula

• al-Ja'una
• Jubb Yusuf
• Kafr Bir'im
• al-Khalisa
• Khan al-Duwayr
• Karraza, Khirbat
• al-Khisas
• Khiyam al-Walid
• Kirad al-Baqqara
• Kirad al-Ghannama
• Lazzaza
• Madahil
• al-Malikiyya
• Mallaha
• al-Manshiyya
• al-Mansura, Safad
• Mansurat al-Khayt
• Marus
• Mirun
• al-Muftakhira
• Mughr al-Khayt
• al-Muntar, Khirbat
• al-Nabi Yusha'
• al-Na'ima
• Qabba'a
• Qadas

• Qaddita
• Qaytiyya
• al-Qudayriyya
• al-Ras al-Ahmar
• Sabalan
• Safsaf, massacre
• Saliha, massacre
• al-Salihiyya
• al-Sammu'i
• al-Sanbariyya
• Sa'sa'
• Safad
• al-Shawka al-Tahta
• al-Shuna
• Taytaba
• Tulayl
• al-'Ulmaniyya
• al-'Urayfiyya
• al-Wayziyya
• Yarda
• al-Zahiriyya al-Tahta
• al-Zanghariyya
• al-Zawiya
• al-Zuq al-Fawqani
• al-Zuq al-Tahtani

• 

  Ein al-Zeitun

• 

  Safad, 1908

District of Tiberias

• Awlam, Arab evacuation order, April-May 1948.
• al-Dalhamiyya
• Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
• Hadatha, Arab evacuation order, April-May 1948.
• al-Hamma
• Hittin
• Kafr Sabt
• Lubya
• Ma'dhar, Arab evacuation order, April-May 1948.

• al-Majdal
• al-Manara
• al-Manshiyya
• al-Mansura, Tiberias
• Nasir al-Din
• Nimrin
• al-Nuqayb
• Samakh
• al-Samakiyya

• al-Samra
• al-Shajara
• al-Tabigha
• al-Ubaydiyya
• al-Wa'ra al-Sawda', Khirbat
• Yaquq

• 

  Samakh

• 

  Hittin 1934

District of Tulkarm

• Bayt Lid, Khirbat
• Bayyarat Hannun
• Fardisya
• Ghabat Kafr Sur
• al-Jalama
• Kafr Saba

• al-Majdal, Khirbat
• al-Manshiyya
• Miska
• Qaqun
• Raml Zayta
• Tabsur

• Umm Khalid
• Wadi al-Hawarith
• Wadi Qabbani
• al-Zababida, Khirbat
• Khirbat Zalafa

• 

  Qaqun, 2008

See also

• Causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus
• Exodus from Lydda and Ramla
• Jewish exodus from Arab lands
• Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine War
• List of Israeli military operations in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict
• List of villages and towns depopulated of Jews during the Holocaust
• List of villages depopulated during the Arab–Israeli conflict
• Palestinian refugee camps
• Plan Dalet
• Transfer Committee
• Khirba

References

• Morris, Benny. The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, 2004. See in particular pp. xiv-xviii, where Morris lists 389 Palestinian villages depopulated by massacres, expulsions, military assault, or flight.
• Morris, Benny. 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War. Yale University Press, 2008.
• Khalidi, Walid. (ed.) All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Institute for Palestine Studies 1992, 2006.
• Shavit, Ari. Deir Yasian: Survival of the Fittest, interview with Benny Morris, Haaretz, January 9, 2004.