Qannir
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| Qannir | |
| Arabic | قنْير |
| District | Haifa |
| Population | 750 (1945) |
| Jurisdiction | 11,331 dunams (11.3 km²) |
| Date of depopulation | 22-24 April 1948 and 9 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Cause 2 | Abandonment on Arab orders |
| Cause 3 | Military assault by Jewish forces |
| Current localities | Regavim |
Qannir (Arabic: قنْير) was a Palestinian village, located 35 kilometers south of Haifa. In the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, most of the women and children from among the more than 750 inhabitants fled in fear of impending or surrounding attacks,[1] and/or on Arab orders.[2]
The village was captured by pre-state Israeli forces from the Arab Liberation Army, in Operation Coastal Clearing on April 25, 1948.[1] On 9 May 1948, the forces of the Alexandroni Brigade "raided the village, killed four Arabs and blew up 55 houses".[2] Any remaining villagers probably left at this time.[2]
The Jewish Israeli locality of Regavim is located on the village's former lands.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Welcome to Qannir. Palestine Remembered. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ a b c Benny Morris (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.
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