Al-Ras al-Ahmar

Al-Ras al-Ahmar
Al-Ras al-Ahmar
	Etymology: the red head or hill-top
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ras al-Ahmar (click the buttons)
	Al-Ras al-Ahmar Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°2′21″N 35°28′11″E / 33.03917°N 35.46972°E
Palestine grid	194/271
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948
Area
• Total	7,934 dunams (7.934 km2 or 3.063 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	620
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Kerem Ben Zimra

Al-Ras al-Ahmar was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 30, 1948, by the Israeli 7th Armored Brigade during Operation Hiram. It was located 8.5 km north of Safad.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 92
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #39. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 488

Al-Ras al-Ahmar
Etymology: the red head or hill-top^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Ras al-Ahmar (click the buttons)
Al-Ras al-Ahmar Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°2′21″N 35°28′11″E / 33.03917°N 35.46972°E / 33.03917; 35.46972
Palestine grid	194/271
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	October 30, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	7,934 dunams (7.934 km² or 3.063 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	620^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Kerem Ben Zimra^[5]