Al-Ras al-Ahmar | |
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| Etymology: the red head or hill-top[1] | |
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  Al-Ras al-Ahmar Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°2′21″N 35°28′11″E / 33.03917°N 35.46972°E | |
| Palestine grid | 194/271 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | October 30, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,934 dunams (7.934 km2 or 3.063 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 620[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Kerem Ben Zimra[5] |
Al-Ras al-Ahmar was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 30, 1948, by the Israeli 7th Armored Brigade during Operation Hiram. It was located 8.5 km north of Safad.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 92
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #39. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 488