Qaddita
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 240
- Coordinates
- 33.006, 35.467
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: It was captured and depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, with some of its inhabitants expelled or fleeing to nearby 'Akbara where they live as internally displaced persons and others to refugee camps in Lebanon or Syria.
History
Qaddita was a Muslim Arab village of 240, located 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) northwest of Safad. It was captured and depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, with some of its inhabitants expelled or fleeing to nearby 'Akbara where they live as internally displaced persons and others to refugee camps in Lebanon or Syria.