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Ijzim
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Ijzim () was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict of British Mandate Palestine, 19.5 kilometers south of Haifa, that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Many residents resettled in Jenin after Operation Shoter on 24 July 1948.

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Place details

Locality
מועצה אזורית חוף הכרמל
Region
מחוז חיפה
Country
ישראל
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Ijzim
Settlement.native_name
إجزم
Settlement.native_name_lang
ar
Settlement.other_name
Ikzim
Settlement.image_skyline
مسجد قريه اجزم 2014-03-26 16-58.jpeg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
Ijzim mosque
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.map_caption
A series of historical maps of the area around Ijzim (click the buttons)
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
200
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
149/227
Settlement.subdivision_type
Geopolitical entity
Settlement.subdivision_name
Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Haifa
Settlement.established_title1
Date of depopulation

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Located in
Sanjak of Acre
Population
3000
Elevation
100
Image
مسجد قريه اجزم 2014-03-26 16-58.jpeg
Significant event
1948 Palestinian exodus
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inception
1596-00-00
Commons category
Ijzim
native label
اجْزِم
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ottoman rule
  • British Mandate era
  • 1948 War and aftermath
  • Demographics
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Ijzim () was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict of British Mandate Palestine, 19.5 kilometers south of Haifa, that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Many residents resettled in Jenin after Operation Shoter on 24 July 1948.

Families from Ijzim include the Madis, the Nabhanis and the Alhassans. Collectively, these families owned over 40,000 dunams (40 km2) of land, making the village one of the richest in Palestine.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ijzim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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