Safsaf
Safsaf was a Palestinian village 9 kilometres northwest of Safed, present-day Israel. Its villagers fled to Lebanon after the Safsaf massacre in October 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 910 residents
- Description: village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “KfarHoshen”, “Sifsufa”, “Sifsufah”, and “Sufsaf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Meron and Dalton Air Strip.
Mount Meron
Peak
Photo: Lior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel Jarmaq, is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve. Mount Meron is situated 3 km southwest of Safsaf.
Dalton Air Strip
Aerodrome
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Dalton Air Strip is an aerodrome, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Safsaf.
Khirbet Shema
Archaeological site
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron. It features the ruins of a large Jewish village of the Roman and Byzantine periods, including the remains of an ancient synagogue and a mausoleum. Khirbet Shema is situated 4 km south of Safsaf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfar Hoshen and Or HaGanuz.
Kfar Hoshen
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa, is a moshav in northern Israel. Located around four kilometres north of Meron, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 917.
Or HaGanuz
Village
Photo: קרלוס הגדול, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel. Located in the eastern Upper Galilee, about six kilometers northwest of the town of Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council.
Jish
Village
Jish, also known by its Hebrew name of Gush Halab, or by its classical name of Gischala, is a local council in Upper Galilee, located on the northeastern slopes of Mount Meron, 13 kilometres north of Safed, in Israel's Northern District.
Safsaf
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Safsaf” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صفصاف، فلسطين”
- Arabic: “صفصاف”
- Hebrew: “Kefar H̱oshen”
- Hebrew: “Kfar H̱oshen”
- Hebrew: “כפר חושן”
- Hebrew: “ספסופה”
- Hebrew: “צפצאף”
- Indonesian: “Safsaf”
- Persian: “صفصاف”
- Polish: “Safsaf”
- Spanish: “Safsaf (Palestina)”
- Spanish: “Safsaf”
- Urdu: “صفصاف”
- Vietnamese: “Safsaf”
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