Subdistrict Safad Population 20 (1945) | Palestine grid 205/268 | |
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Current localities Ayelet HaShahar, Mishmar HaYarden | ||
Yarda was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Yiftach. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Safad. The area is now part of Israel.
In 1931, it had a populatuion of 13, growing to 20 in 1945. The Canaanites referred to the village as Hasur. Khirbat Waqqas was located west-northwest of the village.
References
Yarda, Safad Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA