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Khirbat al-Majdal 
Summary
Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km northwest of Tulkarm.
Khirbat al-Majdal
خربة المجدل | |
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Village | |
 1870s map  1940s map modern map  1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Majdal (click the buttons) | |
  Khirbat al-Majdal Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′39″N 34°56′15″E / 32.39417°N 34.93750°E | |
| Palestine grid | 149/201 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
History edit
Khirbat al-Majdal was located on the Crusader place called Megedallum. The site had a well, around which bedouin gradually settled.[1]
The village had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzhaq is located near the village lands, but on land belonging to Raml Zayta.[2]
References edit
Bibliography edit
- 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.
External links edit
- Welcome To Khirbat al-Majdal
- Khirbat al-Majdal, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons