Al-Sakhina

Al-Sakhina

الساخنة
Al-Sakhina الساخنة
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sakhina (click the buttons)
	Al-Sakhina Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°30′59″N 35°27′44″E / 32.51639°N 35.46222°E
Palestine grid	193/213
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	Not known
Area
• Total	1,088 dunams (1.088 km2 or 269 acres)
Population (1945)
• Total	530
Current Localities	Nir David

Al-Sakhina (Arabic: الساخنة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was located five kilometres west of Baysan on the Jalud River on its way to the Jordan River. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon.

^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 7
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 44
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #378. Gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known"
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 58

Al-Sakhina الساخنة
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sakhina (click the buttons)
Al-Sakhina Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°30′59″N 35°27′44″E / 32.51639°N 35.46222°E / 32.51639; 35.46222
Palestine grid	193/213
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	Not known^[3]
Area
• Total	1,088 dunams (1.088 km² or 269 acres)
Population (1945)
• Total	530^[1]^[2]
Current Localities	Nir David^[4]