Zawiya
Vanished settlement · Israel
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 32.597, 35.541
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: Palestinian village, depopulated in 1948
History
Al-Zawiya, was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Baysan. The Crusader Castle Belvoir is located close to the village.