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Kirad al-Ghannama District of Safad

Occupation date: 22nd of April 1948. Kirad al-Ghannama was mostly ethnically cleansed and terrorized soon after the massacre 
 committed at the nearby village of al-Husayniyya.

In mid-March 1948, a Haganah massacre in the neighboring village of al-Husayniyya “left dozens of dead,” according to Israeli sources, and led to the temporary evacuation of Kirad al-Ghannama. The following month, it was temporarily (or partially) evacuated again during Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Salad District). On 22 April the villagers reportedly left during that operation under the influence of a direct mili­tary assault on a nearby village, perhaps al-’Ulmaniyya (which was attacked on 20 April). In July 1949, Israel signed an armistice agreement accord­ing to which Kirad aI-Ghannama was to be located within a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and the inhabitants of the area were to be protected. However, the Israeli authorities were determined to drive out those villagers who had remained, and deployed a variety of means over the following seven years to do so (see Kirad al-Baqqara, Salad District). By 1956, the DMZ’s 2,200 inhabitants had been pushed out, and Kirad al-Ghannama was evacuated for the third time.

 

Land ownership before occupation

 

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Ethnic GroupLand Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 3,795
Jewish 175
Public 5
Total 3,975


Source: palestineremembered.com

 

 

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