Safsaf

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Safsaf
Arabic	صفصاف
Name Meaning	"the weeping willow"
Also Spelled	Safsofa
District	Safad
Population	910 (1945)
Jurisdiction	7,391 dunams
Date of depopulation	29 October 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Jewish forces
Cause 2	Explusion by Jewish forces
Current localities	Ha-Shahar, Bar Yochay

Safsaf (Arabic: صفصاف‎, the weeping willow, also known in Roman times as Safsofa) was a Palestinian village located 9 kilometres northwest of Safed. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

On October 29, 1948, Israeli forces assaulted the village as part of Operation Hiram.^[1] After the villagers surrendered, more than 50 men were massacred while bound and a number of women were raped.

[edit] See also

• Safsaf massacre
• List of massacres committed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

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