Al-Hamra' () was a
Palestinian
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village in the
Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of
Operation Yiftach. It was located 24.5 km northeast of
Safad
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, 1 km northwest of Wadi al-Dufayla.
History
During the
British Mandate for Palestine, Al-Hamra' was noted as a village in the Palestine index Gazetteer.
[Khalidi, 1992, p. 453]
In 1944,
Shamir was established about 2 km northeast of the village site.
References
Bibliography
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External links
Welcome To al-Hamra'al-Hamra (Safed)
Zochrot
Al-Hamra'
Villages of Palestine
Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
District of Safad
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