Hiribya

Hiribya
هربيا
Hirbya, Herbieh[1]
Etymology: Herbieh, p.n., from "to take flight".[2]
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Hiribya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Hiribya
Hiribya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′21″N 34°32′47″E / 31.60583°N 34.54639°E / 31.60583; 34.54639
Palestine grid107/112
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationlate October–November 1948[5]
Area
 • Total23,312 dunams (23.3 km2 or 9.0 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total2,300[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesZikim,[6] Karmia,[6] Yad Mordechai[6]

Hirbiya (Arabic: هربيا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 14 kilometers (8.7 mi) northeast of Gaza along the southern coastal plain of Palestine. Situated where the Battle of La Forbie took place in 1244, it was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[7]

  1. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, p. 235
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 360
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village No. 379. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  6. ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 102
  7. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.101.