Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Zuq al-Hajj | |
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Village | |
Etymology: Kh. Zûk el Hâj, the pilgrim’s town or village. Zak is a local Syriac word[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°14′37″N 35°35′30″E / 33.24361°N 35.59167°E | |
Palestine grid | 205/294 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,832 dunams (1.832 km2 or 453 acres) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 160[2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Yuval |
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km northeast of Safad.