- Al-Nabi Rubin
Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine
name=al-Nabi Rubin
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arname=الزيب
meaning="Trickster"
altSp=an-Nabi Rubin
district=ac
population=1,400
popyear=1945
area=18,563
areakm=18.6
date=November 1, 1948
cause=E
curlocl=Shomera ,Even Menachem ,Zar'it ,Shtula Al-Nabi Rubin was a Palestinian village located 28 kilometers northeast of Acre. Al-Nabi Rubin students used to attend school in nearby village of Tarbikha.
Military assault
The village was captured by
Israel as a result of theHaganah 's offensive,Operation Hiram during the1948 Arab-Israeli war and was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine and its inhabitants were completely ethnical cleansed.A shrine thought to be dedicated to the prophet
Rubin is the only structure that remains on former village's lands. [ [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/al-Nabi-Rubin/index.html al-Nabi Rubin: Town Statistics] from palestineremembered.com]References
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