Safsaf

Safsaf

Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine
name=Safsaf


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arname=صفصاف
meaning="the weeping willow"
altSp=Safsofa
district=sf
population=910
popyear=1945
area=7,391
areakm=
date=29 October 1948
cause=M
cause2=E
cause3=
curlocl=HaShahar, Bar Yohai

Safsaf ( _ar. صفصاف, "the weeping willow", also known in Roman times as Safsofa) was a Palestinian village located 9 kilometres northwest of Safed. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

On October 29 1948, Israeli forces assaulted the village as part of Operation Hiram.cite web|title=Welcome to Safsaf|publisher=Palestine Remembered|accessdate=2007-12-12|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Safad/Safsaf/index.html] After the villagers surrendered, more than 50 men were massacred while bound and a number of women were raped.

See also

* Safsaf massacre
* List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
* List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

References


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