Baysamun
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Baysamun or Beisamoun (Arabic: بيسمون, Beisamûn) was a small Palestinian Arab village, located 16.5 kilometers (10.3 mi) in the marshy Hula Valley northeast of Safad. In 1945, it had a population of 20.[4] It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion in Operation Yiftach.
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Baysamun
بيسمون Beisamun, En Besamun, Basimun[1] | |
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Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°5′51″N 35°34′54″E | |
Palestine grid | 204/278 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[2] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 20[3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
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Beisamoun is an important archaeological site for the Neolithic period, with two plastered human skulls, cremation signs and house floors found there. It stood in close proximity to another major Natufian ("Final Old Stone Age") site, 'Ain Mallaha.