Umm Sabuna
خربة أم صابونة Kh. Umm Sabôny | |
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Village | |
Etymology: the ruin of the mother of the soap-maker[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°35′10″N 35°32′32″E / 32.58611°N 35.54222°E | |
Palestine grid | 201/221 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Baysan |
Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948 |
Population (1948) | |
• Total | 868 |
Umm Sabuna (Arabic: خربة أم صابونة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm-Sabuna provided the village with water.