Zalafa

Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine
name=Zalafa


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arname=خربة زلفة
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altSp=Khirbet Zalafa
district=tk
population=210
popyear=1945
area=7,713
areakm=7.7
date=April 15 1948Benny Morris (2004): "The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited", p. XVII. Also gives cause(s) of depopulation.]
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Zalafa was a Palestinian village located about 15 kilometers northwest of Tulkarm, that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. It was captured on April 15, 1948 as a part of the Israeli offensive, Coastal Clearing. In 1922, there were 63 inhabitants and this figure grew to 210 in 1945.

References

ee also

*List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

External links and references

*http://www.palestineremembered.com/Tulkarm/Zalafa,-Khirbat/index.html