Ghabat Kafr Sur

Ghabat Kafr Sur
غابات كفر صور
Village
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Ghabat Kafr Sur is located in Mandatory Palestine
Ghabat Kafr Sur
Ghabat Kafr Sur
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°17′02″N 34°52′03″E / 32.28389°N 34.86750°E / 32.28389; 34.86750
Palestine grid137/187
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTulkarm
Date of depopulationbefore 15 May 1948
Area
 • Total
19,666 dunams (19.666 km2 or 7.593 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
740[1][2]
Current LocalitiesBeit Yehoshua,[3] Kfar Neter,[3] Tel Yitzhaq[3]

Ghabat Kafr Sur was a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 15, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 16 km southwest of Tulkarm.

  1. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 20
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 74
  3. ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 553