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Al-Malikiyya was an Arab village on the border between Palestine and Lebanon, north-northeast of the town of Safad. Its population was Shiite and it was originally part of Lebanon, which still claims sovereignty over this and several other (former) villages. In a 1930s census, the village was registered as Palestinian, belonging to Safad district.
A battle was fought in the village on 5-6 June 1948, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Combatants were Israelis and the Lebanese army. The village is currently depopulated and located in a military zone.
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