Date of depopulation 15 May 1948 | Palestine grid 137/187 Local time Monday 12:15 PM | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 61% Humidity | ||
Ghabat Kafr Sur was a mixed Palestinian Arab and Jewish village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 15, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 16 km southwest of Tulkarm.
In 1945, the village had a population of 1,130, with 390 of them Jewish.
The village lands totaled 19,666 dunams, of which 4,506 were privately owned by Arabs and 10,384 by Jews.
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