Sufla
Sign in to saveSufla () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948, by the Sixth Battalion of the Harel Brigade under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.
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- מועצה אזורית מטה יהודה
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- מחוז ירושלים
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Sufla () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948, by the Sixth Battalion of the Harel Brigade under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.
==History== Remains from the Crusader era have been found here. ===Ottoman era=== In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, es-Sifala, in the el-Arkub District, south west of Jerusalem.