BeerSheba’s Displaced Villages

‘Auja al-Hafir was historically a road junction near water wells in the western Negev and eastern Sinai, and it served as the traditional grazing land of the Al-‘Azazmeh tribe[...]

The village of Al-‘Imara, classified as a farm in the Palestine Index Gazetteer, was located in the center of a wide valley. Two secondary roads connected it to Beersheba and Gaza[...]

The village of Al-Jammama was situated on undulating land in the northern part of the Negev Desert, near the edge of Wadi al-Murabba‘. A secondary road connected it to the village of Bureir[..]

Al-Khalasa was a Palestinian village located approximately 23 kilometers southwest of the city of Be’er Sheva, at the confluence of Wadi al-‘Awsaja and Wadi al-Khalasa[...]

The site of the destroyed village of the al-Azazmeh tribe was demolished during Operation Yoav. The clans of the al-Azazmeh tribe are spread across the central and mountainous part[...]

The population of Arab al-Hanajrah in 1948 was approximately 1,530 residents. They lived in the southeastern region of Gaza, with their homes extending near Deir al-Balah[...]

The encampments of the Arab al-Jabarat tribe are located in the northeastern part of Gaza, extending along both sides of Wadi al-Hesi, which runs between Gaza and Asqalan (Ashkelon)[...]

The Tarabin tribe is considered one of the largest tribes in the district. They trace their origins to the Bani ‘Atiyyah tribe of the Hijaz region, whose homeland is today located in[...]

The village of Khirbat Abu Muailiq was named after the Hasanat Abu Muailiq clan. It is considered one of the clans that remained steadfast on Palestinian land in the Be’er Sheva region[...]

Kurnub is a depopulated Palestinian village located approximately 40 kilometers southeast of the city of Beer Sabe’. The village stood on the site of the ancient […]

The village of Abu Sbeiti is a Palestinian village located approximately 8 kilometers from the western exit of the city of Be’er Sheva[...]

Umm al-Rashrash is an abandoned Arab village located at the southernmost part of Palestine, south of the city of Be’er Sheva, on the eastern side of the Sinai Peninsula[...]