Al-'Urayfiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 21.5 km northeast of Safad. The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the remains of a water mill and masonry channel.[1]
Al-'Urayfiyya
العريفية | |
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Village | |
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Al-'Urayfiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°06′38″N 35°39′1″E / 33.11056°N 35.65028°E | |
Palestine grid | 211/279 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | April 1, 1948 |