Wadi al-Hawarith
Wadi al-Hawarith
وادي الحوارث | |
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Village | |
1870s map
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Wadi al-Hawarith Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′N 34°54′E / 32.39°N 34.90°E | |
| Palestine grid | 139/201 (North) 139/200 (South) |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | March 15, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,106 dunams (7.106 km2; 2.744 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,330 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Kfar Haroeh, Geulei Teiman |
Wadi al-Hawarith (Arabic: وادي الحوارث) was a Palestinian bedouin village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed at the outbreak of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on March 15, 1948, following the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16.5 km northwest of Tulkarm. Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses.
In 1945, Wadi al-Hawarith had a total population of 1,330.
The term also refers to the wider surrounding area, especially that which was subject to a controversial land sale in 1933. The sale included about 40,000 dunams of land (roughly 10,000 acres) within the Tulkarm subdistrict; the area sold is also considered to be "Wadi al-Huwarith," not just the village.