Khirbat Al-Taqa
خربة الطاقة | |
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Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°36′42″N 35°32′14″E / 32.61167°N 35.53722°E | |
Palestine grid | 200/224 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Baysan |
Date of depopulation | May 15, 1948 |
Khirbat Al-Taqa (Arabic: خربة الطاقة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948, under Operation Gideon. It was located 14 km north of Baysan nearby Wadi al-Bira which powered several mills in the village.