Qaytiyya

Qaytiyya
Qeitiya[1]
Village
Etymology: El Keitîyeh, el Keitîyeh, from personal name[2]
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Qaytiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Qaytiyya
Qaytiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°11′59″N 35°36′46″E / 33.19972°N 35.61278°E / 33.19972; 35.61278
Palestine grid207/289
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 19, 1948/June 1948[1]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total940[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesKfar Blum,[5] possibly Beit Hillel[5]

Qaytiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 19, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 28 km northeast of Safad, bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #12. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 23
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 486