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Saffuriyya (also Saffuriya) was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
| Saffuriyya | |||||||
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| District | District of Nazareth | ||||||
| Location | 6 km northwest of Nazareth | ||||||
| Israeli occupation date | July 15, 1948 | ||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Dekel | ||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | n/a | ||||||
| Remaining population after occupation | 0 | ||||||
| Remaining structures after occupation | A few houses, the shrine (now a synagogue) | ||||||
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| Number of houses | 1931: 747 | ||||||
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| Israeli settlement(s) | Tzippori, ha-Solelim, Allon ha-Galil, Hosha'aya and Chanton | ||||||
| Public structures | Two schools and a shrine | ||||||
