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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Locality with about 910 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 710 metres (2,330 feet)
- Description: village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as“KfarHoshen”“Sifsufa”“Sifsufah”“Sufsaf”
Places of Interest
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Mount Meron
Mount Meron, also known as Mount Jarmaq or Jebel…
3 km southwest of Safsaf
Dalton Air Strip
Dalton Air Strip is an aerodrome.
2½ km east of Safsaf
Khirbet Shema
Khirbet Shema is an archaeological site located in Israel at the foot of Mount Meron.
4 km south of Safsaf
Villages in the Area
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Kfar Hoshen
Kfar Hoshen, also known as Safsufa, is a moshav in northern Israel.
Or HaGanuz
Or HaGanuz, sometimes Or Ganuz, is a community settlement in northern Israel.
Safsaf
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Latitude
33.01239° or 33° 0′ 45″ north
Longitude
35.438° or 35° 26′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G5Q2C6Q+X5
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Safsaf” goes by many names.
صفصافArabic
صفصاف، فلسطينArabic
Kefar H̱oshenHebrew
Kfar H̱oshenHebrew
כפר חושןHebrew
ספסופהHebrew
צפצאףHebrew
SafsafIndonesian
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