Al-Hamra'

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Al-Hamra'

| native_name = الحمراء

| native_name_lang = ar

| settlement_type = Village

| pushpin_map = Mandatory Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Mandatory Palestine | image_map = {{Historical map series|default=1|date1=1940s|date2=modern|date3=1940s with modern overlay|width=225|name=al-Hamra'}} | map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around {{PAGENAME}} (click the buttons)

| pushpin_mapsize = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|33|09|11|N|35|38|51|E|type:city_region:PS|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Palestine grid

| grid_position = 210/284

| subdivision_type = Geopolitical entity

| subdivision_name = Mandatory Palestine

| subdivision_type1 = Subdistrict

| subdivision_name1 = Safad

| established_title1 = Date of depopulation

| established_date1 = May 1, 1948Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR16 xvi], village #20. Also gives causes of depopulation.

| established_title2 = Repopulated dates

| unit_pref = dunam

| blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation

| blank_info_sec1 = Fear of being caught up in the fighting

| blank1_name_sec1 = Secondary cause

| blank1_info_sec1 = Military assault by Yishuv forces

}}

Al-Hamra' ({{langx|ar|الحمراء }}) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 24.5 km northeast of Safad, 1 km northwest of Wadi al-Dufayla.

History

During the British Mandate for Palestine, Al-Hamra' was noted as a village in the Palestine index Gazetteer.Khalidi, 1992, p. 453

In 1944, Shamir was established about 2 km northeast of the village site.

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Bibliography

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  • {{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first=W.|last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C |first=B. |last=Morris |author-link=Benny Morris |year=2004 |title=The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited|isbn=978-0-521-00967-6 |publisher=Cambridge University Press}}

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