Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
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This article is about the former Palestinian village in Tiberias Sub-district. For the former Palestinian village in Haifa Sub-district, see Abu Shusha, Haifa. For the former Palestinian village in Ramle Sub-district, see Abu Shusha.
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 21, 1948. It was located 8 km north of Tiberias, nearby Wadi Rubadiyya.
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Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
غُويّر أبو شوشة | |
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Etymology: from personal name; meaning the “father of” wearing “a top knot”[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°51′13″N 35°30′26″E | |
Palestine grid | 197/251 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tiberias |
Date of depopulation | 21 and 28 April 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 8,609 dunams (8.609 km2 or 3.324 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,240[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Ginosar,[5] Livnim[5] |
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