Al-Fatur

Al-Fatur
الفاتور
Etymology: El Fâtûr, the fissures, rocks and a spring[1]
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Al-Fatur is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Fatur
Al-Fatur
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°23′55″N 35°31′36″E / 32.39861°N 35.52667°E / 32.39861; 35.52667
Palestine grid199/200
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Area
[2]
 • Total729 dunams (72.9 ha or 180 acres)
Population
 (1945)[3][2]
 • Total110

Al-Fatur was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 11.5 km south of Baysan. The village was attacked by the Israel Defense Forces as part of Operation Gideon.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 199
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6