Ghost Towns
💥 War & expulsion

Al-Hamidiyya

Vanished settlement · Israel

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
220
Coordinates
32.544, 35.516
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: It was depopulated by the Jewish militias, precursors of the Israel Defense Forces, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948.

History

Al-Hamidiyya, was a Palestinian village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Jewish militias, precursors of the Israel Defense Forces, during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located five kilometres north of Baysan. It was attacked as part of Operation Gideon. The population in 1922 was 193, expanding to 255 in 1948.

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