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Khirbat Zawiya

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Arabic
  
الزاوية

Subdistrict
  
Baysan

Date of depopulation
  
May 15th-18th, 1948

Name meaning
  
The corner

Palestine grid
  
201/222

Khirbat Zawiya

Al-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاوية‎‎), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the village.

History

It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.

References

Khirbat Zawiya Wikipedia