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Al-Tira, Baysan
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Al-Tira
الطيرة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Etymology: "The Fort of Abu Amran"[1] | |
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  Al-Tira Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′52″N 35°27′26″E / 32.64778°N 35.45722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 193/228 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | 15 April 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,207 dunams (10.207 km2 or 3.941 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 150[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current Localities | Gazit[5][6] |
Al-Tira (Arabic: الطيرة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 15 April 1948 as part of Operation Gideon under the command of Yosef Weitz. It was located 17.5 km north of Baysan overlooking Wadi al-Bira. However, 'Ayn al-Bayda' was the main source of drinking water for al-Tira inhabitants.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 170
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 7
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 44
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #109. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #25.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 63.
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