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Akhziv National Park
Achziv ( ʾAḵzīḇ) or Az-Zeeb () is an ancient site on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, between the border with Lebanon and the city of Acre. It is located north of Acre on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, within the municipal area of Nahariya. Today it is an Israeli national park.
Iqrit
Iqrit ( or إقرث, Iqrith; sometimes romanized as Ikret) was a Palestinian Christian village, located northeast of Acre, in the western Galilee. In October 1948, the village's Palestinian Arab inhabitants were expelled by Zionist forces during the 1948 Palestine war, and the territory later became part of the new State of Israel. All of its Palestinian Christian inhabitants were forced to flee to Lebanon or the Israeli village of Rameh, and, despite the promise that they would be returned in two weeks' time, the villagers were not allowed to return, and the Israeli army destroyed the village.
Al-Birwa
Al-Birwa (, also spelled al-Birweh) was a Palestinian Arab village, located east of Acre (Akka). In 1945, it had a population of 1,460, of whom the majority were Muslims and a significant minority, Christians. Its total land area consisted of 13,542 dunams (13.5 square kilometers). The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Arab al-Samniyya
former Palestinian village
Al-Bassa
al-Bassa () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Mandatory Palestine's Acre Subdistrict. It was situated close to the Lebanese border, north of the district capital, Acre, and above sea level.
Al-Damun
Damun (), was a Palestinian Arab village located from the Mediterranean port city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, Damun had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Damun bordered the Na'amin River (Belus River), which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells.
Al-Kabri
Al-Kabri () was a Palestinian Arab town in the Galilee located northeast of Acre. It was captured by the Haganah 21 May 1948, a week after the State of Israel was declared. In 1945, it had a population of 1,530 and a total area cultivated of 20,617 dunams. It is near the site of Tel Kabri.
Al-Nabi Rubin, Acre
village in mandatory Palestine
Amka
Amka (), also Amqa (), is a moshav in the Matte Asher Regional Council of Israel's Northern District, near Acre. The moshav, located in the vicinity of Amqa, a Palestinian village depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, was founded by Yemenite Jews in 1949. In , its population was .
Dayr al-Qassi
depopulated village in Mandatory Palestine
Suhmata
Suhmata (), was a Palestinian village, located northeast of Acre. It was depopulated by the Golani Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Mi'ar
'''Mi'ar''' (), was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village. The village was a center of Palestinian Arab rebel operations during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine against British rule and consequently the village was completely dynamited by the British. Mi'ar was later restored, but it was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Jewish communities of Atzmon, Ya'ad and Manof are located on former vill
Al-Manshiyya, Acre
A depopulated village in the Acre Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine
Al-Ghabisiyya
Al-Ghabisiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in northern Palestine, 16 km north-east of Acre in present-day Israel. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and remains deserted.
Al-Ruways
Al-Ruways (), was a Palestinian Arab village on a rocky hill located southeast of Acre and south of the village of al-Damun. Its population in 1945 was 330. Al-Ruways was depopulated following its capture by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
al-Nahr
al-Nahr (), was a Palestinian village northeast of Acre. It was depopulated in May 1948 after a military assault carried out by the Carmeli Brigade as part of the Israel Defense Forces's Operation Ben-Ami. Immediately after the assault, the village of al-Nahr was razed.
Kafr 'Inan
Palestinian village depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Kuwaykat
Kuwaykat (), also spelled Kuweikat, Kweikat or Kuwaikat, was a Palestinian village located 9 km northeast of Acre. It was depopulated in 1948.
Khirbat Jiddin
village in mandatory Palestine, depopulated in 1948
Suruh
Suruh (), was a Palestinian Arab hamlet, located northeast of Acre. It became depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Tarbikha
Tarbikha (), was a Palestinian Arab village. It was located northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre that was captured and depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The inhabitants of this village were, similar to the inhabitants of Southern Lebanon, Shia Muslims.
Khirbat Iribbin
destroyed Palestinian village
Acre Subdistrict
subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine
Al-Sumayriyya
Al-Sumayriyya (, Katasir in Canaanite times, Someleria during Crusader rule), was a Palestinian village located six kilometers north of Acre that was depopulated after it was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The ruins of the village are today in the outskirts of the Israeli moshav of Regba.
Umm al-Faraj
village in Palestine depopulated in 1948
Al-Tall, Acre
village in Palestine depopulated during the 1948 war
Sanjak of Acre
sanjak of the Ottoman Empire