Khirbat Al-Kasayir

Al-Kasayir
خربة الكساير
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Al-Kasayir is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Kasayir
Al-Kasayir
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°47′36″N 35°08′19″E / 32.79333°N 35.13861°E / 32.79333; 35.13861
Palestine grid163/244
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationmid-April, 1948[1]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total290
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Kasayir (Arabic: خربة الكساير, Hebrew: ח'ירבת אל-קסאייר) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict, located 13 km east of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 16, 1948, under the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek.

  1. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #383. Also gives cause of depopulation.