Jabbul
جبول | |
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| Etymology: possibly "Boundary"[1] | |
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  Jabbul Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°34′01″N 35°30′35″E / 32.56694°N 35.50972°E | |
| Palestine grid | 198/219 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | May 18, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,107 dunams (15.107 km2 or 5.833 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 250[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Jabbul (Arabic: جبول), is a depopulated former Palestinian Arab village located 7 km north of Baysan. During Operation Gideon, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 161
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii village #114, also gives causes of depopulation
- ^ Jabbul, PalestineRemembered.com.