Haifa

The village was spread along the slope of a high hill amid the western slopes of Mount Carmel. It overlooked the coastal plain and the Mediterranean Sea. A secondary road, about one kilometer long, connected the village to the main coastal road. The villagers believed that Ayn Hawd was established by Abu al-Hija, one of the prominent commanders of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin), who died after the Battle of Hattin in 1187. In 1996, Ayn Hawd was a village in the Shafa

The village of Ayn Ghazal was built at the edge of a valley on the upper slopes of Mount Carmel, near a main road connecting Haifa to Tel Aviv. This strategic location gave the village particular significance during the 1948 war. By the late 19th century, Ayn Ghazal was a small village built from stone and mud, with a population of about 150 residents, all of whom were Muslim. They cultivated approximately 35 faddans (1 faddan = 100–250 dunams). The village had a boys’ primar

The village of ‘Atlit stood on a sandstone hill overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. To the east lay coastal agricultural lands, and to the southwest, large evaporation ponds used for extracting salt from seawater. Archaeological excavations conducted in the 1930s in Wadi al-Maghara, approximately three kilometers southeast of the village, uncovered evidence of early human habitation in the caves of al-Wad, al-Tabun, and al-Skhul. About three kilometers to the northeast, at the

The village was located on a flat expanse of land in the southwestern part of the Haifa District. Its northern boundary lay approximately 2.5 kilometers south of Wadi al-Mufjir, while its southern boundary was about one kilometer north of Wadi al-Iskandaronah. The village contained two small ponds, the larger of which—Birkat ‘Ata—was situated in the southeastern part of the village lands, while the smaller was located centrally. Most of the village houses were built from mud

The village was located on the northern slopes of hills in a region known as Bilad al-Ruha’—"the fragrant land"—overlooking the Jezreel Valley (Marj Ibn Amir). Some of its houses were also built on a small hill adjacent to the main Haifa–Jenin road. The name Abu Zurayq likely refers to the Bedouin tribe that had settled in the area. The village’s inhabitants were Muslims. Their homes, somewhat spread apart, were constructed from stone and mud, or stone and cement, with roofs

The village was situated on a low hilltop overlooking the Sea of Galilee and was located at a short distance from the shore, connected by a neighboring road. When the American biblical scholar Edward Robinson passed through in 1838, he observed only the remains of a few stone houses and shrines. Nevertheless, the Bedouin tribe of the Ghawarna cultivated much of the fertile land extending below the village. The Samakiya Bedouins also used some of Ghuwayr Abu Shusha’s buildings