Arabic عرب النفيعات Subdistrict Haifa Current localities Mikhmoret | Also spelled Arab al Nufeiat Palestine grid 139/202 Date of depopulation 10 April 1948 | |
Cause(s) of depopulation Expulsion by Yishuv forces | ||
Arab al-Nufay'at was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 10, 1948. It was located 45 km south of Haifa.
History
The population in 1945 was 820, all Muslims.
On 6 April 1948, the Haganah implemented a new policy for the coastal plains, namely of clearing the whole area of its Arab inhabitants. On 10 April the villagers of Arab al-Nufay'at, together with the villagers of Arab al-Fuqara and Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, were ordered to leave the area.
References
Arab al-Nufay'at Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA