Ghost Towns
💥 War & expulsion

Al-Sakhina

Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
32.516, 35.462
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, possibly on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon.

History

Al-Sakhina, was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was located five kilometres west of Baysan on the Jalud River on its way to the Jordan River. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, possibly on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon.

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