Ayn Ghazal (village)
Ayn Ghazal
عين غزال 'Ain Ghazal, 'Ein Ghazal | |
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Village | |
The Maqam (shrine) of Sheikh Shahada | |
| Etymology: "Spring of the gazelle" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ayn Ghazal (click the buttons) | |
Ayn Ghazal Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°37′55″N 34°58′03″E / 32.63194°N 34.96750°E | |
| Palestine grid | 147/226 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | July 24–26, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 14,628 dunams (14.628 km2; 5.648 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,170 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ein Ayala?Ofer |
Ayn Ghazal (Arabic: عين غزال, "Spring of the Gazelle") was a Palestinian Arab village located 21 kilometers (13 mi) south of Haifa. Depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War as a result of an Israeli military assault during Operation Shoter, the village was then completely destroyed. Incorporated into the State of Israel, it is now mostly a forested area. The Israeli moshav of Ofer ("fawn") was established in 1950 on part of the former village's lands. Ein Ayala, a moshav established in 1949, lies just adjacent; its name being the Hebrew translation of Ayn Ghazal.