Sufla
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Sufla | |
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Arabic | سفلى |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
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Palestine grid | 153/126 |
Population | 60 (1945) |
Area | 2,061 dunams |
Date of depopulation | October 19, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Sufla (Arabic: سفلى) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948 by the Sixth Battalion of the Harel Brigade under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.
In 1945, the village had a population of 60. A shrine was located in the village dedicated to a local sage called al-Shaykh Mu'annis.
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- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #340. Also gives cause of depopulation.