Amqa
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Amqa was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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| District | District of Acre | ||||||
| Location | 11 km northeast of Acre | ||||||
| Israeli occupation date | July 15-16, 1948 | ||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Dekel | ||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | Seventh Brigade and the First Batallion of the Carmeli Brigade | ||||||
| Remaining population after occupation | The Druze population remained | ||||||
| Remaining structures after occupation | the mosque and the boy school | ||||||
| Population | 1596: 215, 1931: 894, 1945: 1,240 | ||||||
| Number of houses | 1931: 212 | ||||||
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| Israeli settlement | Amqa | ||||||
| Public structures | A mosque and a boy school | ||||||