Fir'im

Fir'im
فرعم
Feram
Village
Etymology: from personal name
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Fir'im (click the buttons)
Fir'im
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°59′07″N 35°31′59″E / 32.98528°N 35.53306°E / 32.98528; 35.53306
Palestine grid200/265
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 26, 1948
Area
 • Total
2,023 dunams (2.023 km2; 0.781 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
740
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesHatzor HaGlilit

Fir'im (Arabic: فرعم) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict that was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war. It was first attacked during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Yiftach. In 1945 the population had been 740.

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