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Welcome To Madahil - مداحل (ערב אל-מדאחל)

District of Safad
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 30, 1948
Distance From District 30 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation 100 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #13 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Attacking Units The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village Temains The village has been completely defaced
Ethnically Cleansing Madahil inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Population
Year Population*
1931 100
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 17
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Kefar Szold

Village Before Nakba

The village was situated in a flat area on the northeastern edge of the al-Hula Plain, about 1 km east of Wadi Banyas. Madahil was less than 1 km south of Tall al-Turmus (210290), a small mound that has produced evidence of a settlement dating to the fourth millennium B.C.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

A thrust into eastern Galilee was initiated on 15 April 1948 by a Haganah brigade specially formed for this purpose. Israeli intelligence reported in June that many Palestinians evacuated their villages during the offensive out of a fear of attack. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, Madahil was one of these villages; its residents left on 30 April. Morris gives no information about their destination. The evacuation occurred before the Zionist assault on Safad on 10-11 May and might have been hastened by an actual mortar attack by the Haganah. Such attacks were frequently launched on villages near Safad.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Kefar Szold (211289), though not on village lands, is 1.5 km southeast of the village site; it was founded in 1942.

Village Today

There are no traces of any village structures. The site is covered with grass, cane, and cacti. The surrounding land is cultivated by the settlement of Kefar Szold.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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