Khirbat al-Shuna

Khirbat al-Shuna or Khirbat ash Shuna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 15, 1948. It was located 32.5 km south of Haifa. Khirbat al-Shuna contained a small archaeological site, khirbat Tel Mubarak. The area is now part of a JNF park.

Khirbat al-Shuna
former Khirbat al-Shuna, presently Jabotinsky Park in Binyamina
Khirbat al-Shuna
Coordinates: 32°32′05″N 34°56′51″E
Palestine grid145/215
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMarch 15, 1948

References

    • 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.
    • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
    • Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.



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