Saffuriyya

Saffuriyya (also Saffuriya) was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Saffuriyya
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)
Population	1596 1931 1945 2,200 3,147 4,330
Number of houses	1931: 747
Historical names	Caananite name n/a Roman name Sepphoris Crusader name Sephorie
Israeli settlement(s)	Tzippori, ha-Solelim, Allon ha-Galil, Hosha'aya and Chanton
Public structures	Two schools and a shrine

See also

• List of destroyed villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

External Links & References

• http://netfinity2.palestineremembered.com/Nazareth/Saffuriyya/index.html