Bayyarat Hannun
| Bayyarat Hannun | |
|---|---|
  Bayyarat Hannun | |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Coordinates | 32°17′33″N 34°51′41.55″E / 32.29250°N 34.8615417°ECoordinates: 32°17′33″N 34°51′41.55″E / 32.29250°N 34.8615417°E |
| Palestine grid | 137/188 |
| Date of depopulation | Early April 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Bayyarat Hannun was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict, in the area which is now Israel. It was depopulated during the Operation Coastal Clearing on March 31, 1948 in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16 km west of Tulkarm.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xviii, village #374. Also gives cause of depopulation.
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.