District of Baysan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The District of Baysan was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Baysan. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War

1948 Arab-Israeli War

The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence or War of Liberation The war commenced after the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the creation of an independent Israel at midnight on 14 May 1948 when, following a period of civil war, Arab armies invaded...

, the district disintegrated.

Depopulated settlements

Arab al-'Arida

Arab al-'Arida is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village and south of the city of Baysan . It is the site of the modern kibbutz Sde Eliyahu.-History:It stood on the Tell al-Ru'yan and Tell al-Qurud sites....

Arab al-Bawati

Arab al-Bawati was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.It was located 4 kilometres north east of Baysan in the Baysan valley. The village was completely destroyed on May 16, 1948. According to a Palestinian historian, Walid...

Arab al-Safa

Arab al-Safa was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan . It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was located 7.5 km south of Baysan....

al-Ashrafiyya

Al-Ashrafiyya

Al-Ashrafiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 4.5 km southwest of Baysan.The village was depopulated on May 12, 1948 during Operation Gideon...

al-Bira

Al-Bira, Baysan

Al-Bira is a depopulated former Palestinian village located7.5 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade.-History:...

Beisan Danna

Danna

Danna was a Palestinian village 13 kilometres north of Baysan that was captured by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.-History:...

Farwana

Farwana was a Palestinian village, located south of Bisan, depopulated in 1948.-History:Identified with the ancient city of Rehov, extant during Egyptian rule over Canaan in the second millennium BCE, archaeological sites located on the former village's lands include Tell es-Sarem Farwana was...

al-Fatur

Al-Fatur

Al-Fatur was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 11.5 km south of Baysan....

al-Ghazzawiyya

Al-Ghazzawiyya

Al-Ghazzawiyya was a former Palestinian village located 2 kilometers east of the city of Bet Shean . In 1945, the population was 1,640, 1,020 Arab and 620 Jewish.-History:...

al-Hamidiyya

Al-Hamidiyya

Al-Hamidiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located five kilometres north of Baysan. It was attacked as part of Operation Gideon...

al-Hamra

Al-Hamra, Baysan

Al-Hamra, Baysan was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was located 7.5 kilometres south of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The village was named after the Bedouin tribe who settled in the village lands centuries ago....

Jabbul

Jabbul is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village located7 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade.- Location :...

Kafra

Kafra was a Palestinian Arab village located 10.5 kilometres north of Baysan. Built along both sides of the Wadi Kafra, the village had been known by this name since at least the time of the Crusades. The population of the village in 1922 was 273, rising to an estimated 499 in 1948...

Kawkab al-Hawa

Kawkab al-Hawa is a depopulated former Palestinian village located11 km north of Baysan. Kawkab al-Hawa contained the Crusader fortress of Belvoir. The Crusader names for the Frankish settlement at Kuwaykat were Beauvoir, Belvoir, Bellum videre, Coquet, Cuschet and Coket...

al-Khunayzir

Al-Khunayzir

Al-Khunayzir was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, on May 20, 1948. It was attacked as part of Operation Gideon....

Masil al-Jizl

Masil al-Jizl was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the Arab-Israeli War. It was attacked on May 31, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. In 1931 it had a population of 197, by 1948 this had declined to 116. 47 houses were...

al-Murassas

Al-Murassas

Al-Murassas was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 War on May 16, 1948...

Qumya

Qumya was a Palestinian village of 510 inhabitants when it was depopulated prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.Located 12.5 kilometers north of Baysan, the village was assaulted by the forces of the Golani Brigade on 26 March 1948 during Operation Gideon, on the orders of Yosef Weitz, a...

al-Sakhina

Al-Sakhina

Al-Sakhina was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was located five kilometres west of Baysan on the Jalud River on its way to the Jordan River...

al-Samiriyya

Al-Samiriyya

Al-Samiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 27, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 7 km southeast of Baysan....

Sirin

Sirin, Baysan

Sirin was a Palestinian Arab village located north of Beisan. First evacuated in April 1948 on Arab orders, by June 1948, some of the inhabitants had returned. Permanently depopulated by Israeli troops in the summer of 1948, Sirin was then completely destroyed...

Tall al-Shawk

Tall al-Shawk was a Palestinian village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located five km west of Baysan between the al-Januna'in River to the...

al-Taqa, Khirbat

Al-Taqa, Khirbat

Al-Taqa, Khirbat was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force 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...

al-Tira

Al-Tira, Baysan

Al-Tira was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon under the command of Yosef Weitz. It was located 17.5 km north of Baysan...

Umm 'Ajra

Umm 'Ajra was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 31, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 4 km south of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm 'Ajra provided the village with water...

Umm Sabuna, Khirbat

Umm Sabuna was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm-Sabuna provided the village with...

Yubla

Yubla was a Palestinian village, located 9 kilometers north of Bisan in present-day Israel. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.-Location:...

Zab'a

Zab'a was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon...

al-Zawiya, Khirbat

Al-Zawiya, Khirbat

Al-Zawiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defence Force during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the...

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