Mughr al-Khayt
Mughr al-Khayt was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 4.5 km northeast of Safad. In 1945 it had a population of 490 Muslims.
Mughr al-Khayt
Mughr al Kheit | |
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Village | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Mughr al-Khayt (click the buttons) | |
Mughr al-Khayt Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′19″N 35°32′17″E | |
| Palestine grid | 200/266 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 2, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,627 dunams (6.627 km2 or 2.559 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 490 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Chatzor ha-Gelilit and Ro'sh Pinna |
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