Ghost Towns
Jaba'
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💥 War & expulsion

Jaba'

Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
32.651, 34.962
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 24, 1948, as part of Operation Shoter.

History

Jaba', also known as Gaba, or Geba, in historical writings, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 24, 1948, as part of Operation Shoter. It was located 18.5 km south of Haifa, near Carmel, and ca. 3.25 kilometers (2.02 mi) east of the Mediterranean Sea.

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