Al-Bassa

Al-Bassa
البصة
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Al-Bassa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°04′39″N 35°08′39″E / 33.07750°N 35.14417°E / 33.07750; 35.14417
Palestine grid164/276
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation14 May 1948
Area
 • Total
25,258 dunams (25.2 km2 or 9.7 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
2,950
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesBetzet, Rosh HaNiqra, Shlomi, Tzahal, Matzuva

al-Bassa (Arabic: البصة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Mandatory Palestine's Acre Subdistrict. It was situated close to the Lebanese border, 19 kilometers (12 mi) north of the district capital, Acre, and 65 meters (213 ft) above sea level.

During the 1948 Palestine War the village was stormed by Haganah troops in May 1948 and almost completely razed. Its residents were either internally displaced or expelled to neighboring countries as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion. Today, the ruins of the village are in the northern quarters of the moshav of Shlomi.

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