Al-Tall, Acre

al-Tall
التلّ
al-Tell
Village
Etymology: The mound
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al-Tall
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°00′31″N 35°08′19″E / 33.00861°N 35.13861°E / 33.00861; 35.13861
Palestine grid163/268
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation21 May 1948
Area
 • Total
4,733 dunams (4.733 km2 or 1.827 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
300
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Tall (Arabic: التلّ), was a Palestinian village 14 km northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre. Depopulated as a result of military assault and capture during the 1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine as part of Operation Operation Ben-Ami by the Carmeli Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces.

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