Khirbat al-Majdal

This article is about the village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. For other villages, see Majdal.
Khirbat al-Majdal
Khirbat al-Majdal
Subdistrict Tulkarm
Coordinates 32°23′38.85″N 34°56′14.6″E / 32.3941250°N 34.937389°E / 32.3941250; 34.937389Coordinates: 32°23′38.85″N 34°56′14.6″E / 32.3941250°N 34.937389°E / 32.3941250; 34.937389
Palestine grid 149/201
Date of depopulation March 1, 1948

Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km north of Tulkarm.

Khirbat al-Majdal had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzchaq is located near the village lands.

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