Ijzim
Ijzim (Arabic: إجزم) was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict of British Mandate Palestine, 19.5 kilometers south of the city, that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Many of its Palestinian inhabitants ended up as refugees in Jenin after a group of Israeli Special Forces, composed of members of the Golani, Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades, attacked the village in Operation Shoter on 24 July 1948.
Ijzim
إجزم Ikzim | |
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Ijzim mosque | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ijzim (click the buttons) | |
Ijzim Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′41″N 34°59′17″E | |
| Palestine grid | 149/227 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | 24–26 July 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 2,970 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Kerem Maharal |
Families from Ijzim include the Madis, the Nabhanis and the Alhassans. Collectively, they owned over 40,000 dunams (40 km2) of land and were considered one of the richest villages in Palestine.
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