Khirbat al-Majdal
| Khirbat al-Majdal | |
|---|---|
  Khirbat al-Majdal | |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Coordinates | 32°23′38.85″N 34°56′14.6″E / 32.3941250°N 34.937389°ECoordinates: 32°23′38.85″N 34°56′14.6″E / 32.3941250°N 34.937389°E |
| Palestine grid | 149/201 |
| Date of depopulation | March 1, 1948 |
Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km north of Tulkarm.
Khirbat al-Majdal had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzchaq is located near the village lands.
References
- 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 (pp. 556-557)
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.