Umm Khalid was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Umm Khalid |
District | District of Tulkarem |
Location | 15 km west of Tulkarem |
Israeli occupation date | Late March or Early April, 1948 |
Israeli military operation | Coastal Clearing |
Israeli attacking brigade | n/a |
Remaining population after occupation | 0 |
Remaining structures after occupation | Umm Khalid was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing. Currently, these houses are being occupied by Jewish settlers from the nearby Israeli City of Natanya. |
Population |
1596 |
1931 |
1945 |
n/a |
586 |
970 |
|
Number of houses | 1931: 131 |
Historical names |
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Israeli settlement(s) | Netanya |
Public structures | A mosque, archeological remains of towers, fortresses, wells, reservoirs, cisterns, and pottery. |
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