Al-Hamra’
Population :
1931 : n.a.
1944/45 : n.a.
Al-Hamra’ Before 1948
The village, classified as a hamlet by the Palestine index Gazetteer, was located on the lower slopes of the Golan Heights. It overlooked the al-Hula Plain on all sides except the east and faced the village of al-Muftakhira, about 1 km to the northwest Wadi al-Dufayla, which drained the Golan Heights, flowed between the two villages in a northeast-southwest direction, turning sharply to the south below al-Muftakhira.
Israeli military
intelligence claimed that the residents of al-Hamra’, fearing an attack by
Zionist forces, fled in panic on 1 May. The residents of Khiyam al-Walid and
Ghuraba (1 km southeast and 3 km south of the village, respectively) left their
villages on the same day. Al-Hamra’ was seized during Operation Ylitach (see
Abil aI-Qamh, Safad District). No mention is made of the villagers’
destination or the ultimate fate of the village itself.
The settlement of Shamir, established in 1944, is about 2 km northeast of the site; it is not on village lands.
The Village
Today
The entire site is
fenced in and serves as an Israeli cow pasture . Two houses built of stone
without mortar stand on the site. The remains of some black basalt walls are
also visible.
Source(s):
al-Khalidi. All That Remains