Al-Menara
المنارة | |
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Village | |
Etymology: the light-house[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°45′17″N 35°32′32″E / 32.75472°N 35.54222°E | |
Palestine grid | 201/240 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tiberias |
Date of depopulation | early March, 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 4,185 dunams (4.185 km2 or 1.616 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 490[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Manara (Arabic: المنارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, by Jewish troops. It was located 5 km south of Tiberias.