Also spelled Qeitiya Palestine grid 207/289 Date of depopulation May 19, 1948/June 1948 Local time Monday 5:07 PM | Population 940 (1945) Cause(s) of depopulation Whispering campaign | |
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Weather 17°C, Wind W at 21 km/h, 65% Humidity | ||
Qaytiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 19, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 28 km northeast of Safad, bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers.
In 1945, the village had a population of 940.
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