Al-Ghabisiyya
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Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of Acre in present-day Israel. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948-1950 period of Palestinian expulsion and remains deserted.
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Al-Ghabisiyya
الغابسية El Ghabsiyeh[1] | |
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Etymology: from ghabus, "dusky, ashen, grey"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°00′02″N 35°09′00″E | |
Palestine grid | 164/267 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Acre |
Date of depopulation | May 1948, 1949[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 11,771 dunams (11.8 km2 or 4.6 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 690[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Netiv HaShayara[5] |
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