Sa'sa'

Sa'sa'
سعسع
Sa'sa', 1939
Etymology: from personal name
1870s map
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Sa'sa'
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°01′43″N 35°23′40″E / 33.02861°N 35.39444°E / 33.02861; 35.39444
Palestine grid187/270
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulation30 October 1948
Area
 • Total
14,796 dunams (14.796 km2 or 5.713 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,130
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesSasa

Sa'sa' (Arabic: سعسع, Hebrew: סעסע) was a Palestinian village, located 12 kilometres northwest of Safed, that was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The village suffered two massacres committed by Haganah forces: one in mid-February 1948 and the other at the end of October the same year. Its place has been taken since 1949 by Sasa, an Israeli kibbutz.

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