Khirbat Al-Taqa
Khirbat Al-Taqa
خربة الطاقة | |
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  Khirbat Al-Taqa 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.
History
[edit]It was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[1]
Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and the land was left undeveloped.[1]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
[edit]- Welcome To al-Taqa, Khirbat
- Khirbat al-Taqa, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons
