Al-Zuq al-Fawqani

Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Zuq al-Hajj
Village
Etymology: Kh. Zûk el Hâj, the pilgrim’s town or village. Zak is a local Syriac word[1]
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Al-Zuq al-Fawqani is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°14′37″N 35°35′30″E / 33.24361°N 35.59167°E / 33.24361; 35.59167
Palestine grid205/294
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 21, 1948[3]
Area
 • Total1,832 dunams (1.832 km2 or 453 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total160[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Secondary causeMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesYuval

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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 28
  2. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 509
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #2. Also gives causes of depopulation.