Hatta, Gaza

Hatta
Etymology: Hatteh
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Hatta
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′06″N 34°44′28″E / 31.65167°N 34.74111°E / 31.65167; 34.74111
Palestine grid125/117
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationJuly 17–18, 1948
Area
  Total
5,305 dunams (5.305 km2 or 2.048 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total
970
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesZavdiel, Aluma

Hatta (Arabic: حتا) was a Palestinian Arab village of 1,125 inhabitants that was depopulated after a July 17, 1948 assault by Israeli forces of the Givati Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and Zavdiel and Aluma were established on the land that had belonged to Hatta.