Al-Manara, Palestine

Al-Menara
المنارة
Village
Etymology: the light-house
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Al-Menara
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°45′17″N 35°32′32″E / 32.75472°N 35.54222°E / 32.75472; 35.54222
Palestine grid201/240
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationearly March, 1948
Area
 • Total
4,185 dunams (4.185 km2 or 1.616 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
490
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Manara (Arabic: المنارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, by Jewish troops. It was located 5 km south of Tiberias.

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