Population :
1931 : 100
1944/45 : n.a.
The village was situated in a flat area on the
northeastern edge of the al-Hula Plain,
about 1 km east of Wadi Banyas. Madahil was less than 1 km south of Tall
al-Turmus, a small mound that has produced evidence of a settlement dating to
the fourth millennium B.C.
A thrust
into eastern Galilee was initiated on 15 April 1948 by aHaganah brigade
specially formed for this purpose. Israeli intelligence reported in June that
many Palestinians evacuated their villages
during the offensive out of a fear of attack.
According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, Madahil was one of these
villages; its residents left on
30Apr11. Morris gives no information about their destination. The evacuation
occurred before the Zionist assault on Safad on 10 -11 May and might have been
hastened by an actual mortar attack by the Haganah. Such attacks were
frequently launched on villages near Safad
The settlement of Kefar Szold , though not on village
lands, is 1.5 km southeast of the village site; it was founded in 1942.
There are no traces of any village structures. The site is covered with grass, cane, and cactuses. The surrounding land is cultivated by the settlement of Kefar Szold.
Source(s):
al-Khalidi. All That Remains
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