Zab'a
title: "Zab'a" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["arab-villages-depopulated-during-the-1948-arab–israeli-war"] topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zab'a" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Zab'a |
| native_name | زبعة |
| native_name_lang | ar |
| settlement_type | Village |
| pushpin_map | Mandatory Palestine |
| pushpin_mapsize | 200 |
| coordinates | |
| grid_name | Palestine grid |
| grid_position | 200/217 |
| subdivision_type | Geopolitical entity |
| subdivision_name | Mandatory Palestine |
| subdivision_type1 | Subdistrict |
| subdivision_name1 | Baysan |
| established_title1 | Date of depopulation |
| established_date1 | May 12, 1948 |
| established_title2 | Repopulated dates |
| population_as_of | 1945 |
| population_total | 170 |
| blank_name_sec1 | Cause(s) of depopulation |
| blank3_name_sec1 | Current Localities |
| blank3_info_sec1 | Beyt Yosef Doshen |
| :: |
| name = Zab'a | native_name = زبعة | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = Village | pushpin_map = Mandatory Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Mandatory Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around Zab'a (click the buttons) | pushpin_mapsize = 200 | coordinates = | grid_name = Palestine grid | grid_position = 200/217 | subdivision_type = Geopolitical entity | subdivision_name = Mandatory Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name1 = Baysan | established_title1 = Date of depopulation | established_date1 = May 12, 1948 | established_title2 = Repopulated dates | population_as_of = 1945 | population_total = 170 | blank_name_sec1 = Cause(s) of depopulation | blank3_name_sec1 = Current Localities | blank3_info_sec1 = Beyt Yosef Doshen
Zab'a (), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 5.5 km northeast of Baysan on Wadi Yubla or Wadi al-'Ashsha.
History
2 km east of the village was Tell Ismail, which was used by the villagers as cemetery.
At the time of the 1931 census, Zab'a had 37 occupied houses and a population of 147, 146 Muslims and 1 Jew.
The population of the village in the 1945 statistics was 170 Muslims. while a total of 448 dunams were non-cultivable land.
Beyt Yosef was established in 1937 2 km northeast of the village site, on land they had purchased. After Zab'a became depopulated, a farm named Doshen was established on village land inn 1955.
In 1992, the site was described as "covered with grass, lotus trees, and stones. Israelis have established several agricultural projects and fisheries on the village land. Other parts of the surrounding land is used for grazing."
References
Bibliography
References
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/people/Brendan.McKay/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p07.jpg 7]
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Baysan/Page-044.jpg 44]
- Khalidi, 1992, p. 67
- Khalidi, 1992, p. 66
- Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 81]
- The village lands comprised 3,968 [[Dunam
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Baysan/Page-135.jpg 135]
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