Jiddin, Khirbat

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Jiddin, Khirbat' is former Palestinian village in the Galilee located 16km northeast from city of Acre. According to a 1945 census the village had a population of approximately 1,500 Arabs.

The Crusaders referred to the village as Judyn. During this period the Crusaders built a fortress in the center of the village but it was later destroyed by Saladin during the town's capture by Ayyubid forces. It was rebuilt by Dhaher al-Omar a Palestinian Ottoman governor of the Galille. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War the village was captured by Israel's Sheva' Brigade during Operation Dekel on July 11, 1948.

[edit] See also

• List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

[edit] References

• Palestine Remembered - Jiddin, Khirbat