Khirbat Al-Taqa

Khirbat Al-Taqa
خربة الطاقة
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Khirbat Al-Taqa is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat Al-Taqa
Khirbat Al-Taqa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°36′42″N 35°32′14″E / 32.61167°N 35.53722°E / 32.61167; 35.53722
Palestine grid200/224
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulationMay 15, 1948

Khirbat Al-Taqa (Arabic: خربة الطاقة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948, under Operation Gideon. It was located 14 km north of Baysan nearby Wadi al-Bira which powered several mills in the village.

History

It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]

Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and the land was left undeveloped.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 62

Bibliography

  • Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  • Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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