Khirbat Umm Sabuna

Umm Sabuna
خربة أم صابونة
Kh. Umm Sabôny
Village
Etymology: the ruin of the mother of the soap-maker[1]
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Umm Sabuna is located in Mandatory Palestine
Umm Sabuna
Umm Sabuna
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°35′10″N 35°32′32″E / 32.58611°N 35.54222°E / 32.58611; 35.54222
Palestine grid201/221
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulationMay 21, 1948
Population
 (1948)
 • Total868

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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 163