Al-'Urayfiyya

Al-'Urayfiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 21.5 km northeast of Safad. The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the remains of a water mill and masonry channel.

Al-'Urayfiyya العريفية
Village
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-'Urayfiyya (click the buttons)
Al-'Urayfiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°06′38″N 35°39′1″E
Palestine grid	211/279
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	April 1, 1948

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• Welcome To al-'Urayfiyya
• al-'Urayfiyya, Zochrot
• 'Urayfiyya, Villages of Palestine