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Al-'Abisiyya
Al-'Abisiyya
العابسية | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Etymology: From personal name[1] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Al-'Abisiyya (click the buttons) | |
  Al-'Abisiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°11′55″N 35°37′59″E / 33.19861°N 35.63306°E | |
| Palestine grid | 209/289 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[3] |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,220[2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Sde Nehemia |
Al-'Abisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Safad. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 29, 1948, by The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 28.5 km northeast of Safad near to the Banyas River which the village relied on for irrigation.
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