Jaba', Haifa

This article is about the former Palestinian village in Haifa Sub-district. For other uses, see Jaba.
Jaba'
Dscheba,[1] Jeba[2]
Tomb of Shaykh Amir,[3] Jaba, in 2013
Tomb of Shaykh Amir,[3] Jaba, in 2013
Etymology: Hill[4]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Jaba', Haifa (click the buttons)
Jaba' is located in Mandatory Palestine
Jaba'
Jaba'
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°39′15″N 34°57′47″E / 32.65417°N 34.96306°E / 32.65417; 34.96306
Palestine grid146/228
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation24–26 July 1948[7]
Area
[6]
 • Total7,012 dunams (7.012 km2 or 2.707 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,140[5][6]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesGeva Karmel[8][9]

Jaba' (Arabic: جبع), also known as Gaba, or Geba, in historical writings, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 24, 1948, as part of Operation Shoter. It was located 18.5 km south of Haifa, near Carmel, and ca. 3.25 kilometers (2.02 mi) east of the Mediterranean Sea.

  1. ^ Mülinen, 1908, p.283
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP, II, p. 42
  3. ^ Sheikh ’Ameir, Sheikh ’Ameir; from personal name, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 152
  4. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 147
  5. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
  6. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48
  7. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #168. Also gives cause of depopulation
  8. ^ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 166, 188
  9. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #120