Ijzim

Ijzim
إجزم
Ikzim
Ijzim mosque
1870s map
1940s map
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Ijzim
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°38′41″N 34°59′17″E / 32.64472°N 34.98806°E / 32.64472; 34.98806
Palestine grid149/227
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation24–26 July 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
2,970
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesKerem Maharal

Ijzim (Arabic: إجزم) was a Palestinian village in the Haifa Subdistrict of British Mandate Palestine, 19.5 kilometers south of Haifa, that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Many residents resettled in Jenin after Operation Shoter on 24 July 1948.

Families from Ijzim include the Madis, the Nabhanis and the Alhassans. Collectively, these families owned over 40,000 dunams (40 km2) of land, making the village one of the richest in Palestine.

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