Sufla
| Sufla | |
|---|---|
  Sufla | |
| Arabic | سفلى |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Coordinates | 31°44′5″N 35°2′28″E / 31.73472°N 35.04111°ECoordinates: 31°44′5″N 35°2′28″E / 31.73472°N 35.04111°E |
| Palestine grid | 153/126 |
| Population | 60 (1945) |
| Area | 2,061 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | October 19, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Sufla (Arabic: سفلى) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948 by the Sixth Battalion of the Harel Brigade under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.
In 1945, the village had a population of 60. A shrine was located in the village dedicated to a local sage called al-Shaykh Mu'annis.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #340. 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