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Nitaf
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💥 War & expulsion

Nitaf

Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
40
Coordinates
31.837, 35.065
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: It was forcefully depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani.

History

Nitaf was a small, short-lived Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was established in the early 20th century. It was forcefully depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem, just north of Bayt Thul.

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