The District of Tulkarm

al-Zababida, Khirbat

The village was located in a region that was focus of Zionist attacks in early weeks of the war. The coastal stretch north of Tel Aviv was an area of heavy Jewish settlement and it was considered imperative to “clear” it of its Arab inhabitants by 15 May 1948. Villagers were expelled by the Haganah. Settlements of Yaqm and Ga’ash established in 1951, are on village lands. The site is deserted and overgrown with wild vegetation and trees. All but four of houses have been destroyed. A picnic site has been built for Kibbutz Yaqum on the edge of a natural pond.