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Ghabat Kafr Sur

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Subdistrict
  
Tulkarm

Area
  
19,666 dunams

Date of depopulation
  
15 May 1948

Palestine grid
  
137/187

Local time
  
Monday 12:15 PM

Ghabat Kafr Sur

Current localities
  
Beit Yehoshua, Kfar Neter, Tel Yitzhaq

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.

References

Ghabat Kafr Sur Wikipedia