Arabic خربة الزبابدة Palestine grid 134/184 | Date of depopulation 15 May 1948 | |
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Name meaning The ruin of Zebabdeh (a family name) | ||
Khirbat al-Zababida was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Tulkarm, south of the Wadi al-Faliq. Khirbat al-Zababida was mostly destroyed except for four deserted houses.
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History
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. ez Zebabdeh "a small modern ruined village".
British Mandate era
By 1944/45 the village jurisdiction was 10,879 dunams, of which 4,626 was Arab owned, 4,884 was Jewish owned, while 1,369 was publicly owned. Of this, Arabs used 344 dunums of land used for citrus and bananas, 3,839 dunums to cereals, 215 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, while a total of 1,750 dunams were classified as uncultivable areas.
1948, aftermath
The Israeli settlement of Yakum was established in 1947 on village land, while Ga'ash was established in 1951, also on village land.