District of Tulkarm

The village was situated on a low hill within a wide expanse of plain, and was connected to nearby villages—including its parent village, ʿAtil—by secondary roads. The residents of Khirbat Zalfa originally came from ʿAtil. They cultivated land in the area before gradually settling in the village due to its proximity to their farmlands. In the late 19th century, Khirbat Zalfa was described as a small farmstead surrounded on the southern side by several springs. A cluster of ho

The village stood on a gently elevated hill approximately one kilometer from the seashore. It overlooked the basin of Wadi al-Faliq to the north and east, and an artificial canal running from north to south, which was constructed to drain nearby swamps. Sand dunes bordered the village to the west, lying between it and the sea. A secondary road connected Khirbat al-Zababida to the town of Qalqilya in the southeast. In the Palestine Index Gazetteer, the village was classified a

The village of Wadi Qabbani was located approximately 1.5 kilometers east of the coastal main road, to which it was connected by a secondary road passing through the village. The village was named after a Lebanese family who owned most of its lands. It was built atop the archaeological site of Sheikh Hussein, which contained artifacts possibly dating back to the Roman era. This site was situated on elevated ground in the area, surrounded by swamps to the west and south. The v

Wadi al-Hawarith consisted of northern and southern village sections located on plains west of the coastal main road. Originally called Wadi Iskanderounah, it was renamed after the Banu Harithah tribe settled there in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The tribe descended from Banu Sibnas, part of the Qahtani lineage, and inhabited the area until 1929. Until 1929, residents farmed the land as tenants. That year, they entered a prolonged conflict with the Jewish National

The village was located on a sandstone hill less than two kilometers from the Mediterranean coast. The main Tulkarm–Netanya road passed just to its south. Flint tools found across the site indicate that the area may have been inhabited since prehistoric times. The village was also the site of the Crusader fortress of Roger the Lombard. Umm Khalid was completely destroyed by Napoleon’s forces during their retreat to Egypt in 1799 after failing to capture Acre in northern Pales

The village of Tabsur was situated on undulating terrain in the coastal plain and was connected to the town of Qalqilya, approximately 8 kilometers to the east, by a secondary road that intersected with the coastal highway a short distance from the village. Tabsur was established before the mid-19th century on an archaeological site. By the late 19th century, it was classified as a medium-sized farm—later officially designated as such in the Index Gazetteer of Palestine. A we

The village was built on a flat area in the central coastal plain. A secondary road connected it to the main coastal highway, and a dirt road linked it to neighboring roads. Its houses, constructed of mud, stone, and cement, were scattered without a specific pattern, with most of them situated amid agricultural fields. The village included a few small houses dispersed among the others. Residents obtained domestic water from wells, and most worked in agriculture and livestock

Qaqun was situated on a hill overlooking the Qaqun Plain, with the Tulkarm–Haifa railway passing half a kilometer to its east. It had road connections to Tulkarm and neighboring villages. It was a historically significant site, originally a Crusader stronghold connected to Caesarea and heavily damaged during the Crusades. ·It was known by multiple names (Quaquo, Chaco, Caco). ·In 1267, the Mamluk Sultan Baybars captured and rebuilt the fortress, converted a church into a mosq

The village of Maska was situated on a gently sloping sandy hill in the coastal plain, on the northern edge of a wadi. Several secondary roads connected it to the road leading to Tulkarm and to the main coastal highway. It is possible that a group descending from the Arab tribe of Maska—who migrated to the region before and during the early Islamic conquest—were the founders of the village. However, the connection between the village name and the tribe is not confirmed. Furth

Al-Manshiyya was established on a gently sloping low hill in the middle of a vast plain. It was located near the administrative boundary between the districts of Tulkarm and Haifa, approximately 3 kilometers east of the coastal main road. The village was connected to this main road by a secondary road, and another similar road linked it to neighboring villages. The village was built in a rectangular layout, with some houses constructed parallel to the road leading south to th

Kafr Saba was a village located on flat land in the coastal plain, near major transportation routes including the Jaffa–Tulkarm road (2.5 km east) and the Haifa–Lydda railway line (1.5 km east), which separated it from Qalqilya to the northwest. The village was built approximately 4 km southeast of the ruins of Khirbat Sabih, identified with Roman Kfar Saba, and was known as Kfar Sabt during the Crusader era. Historically, Arab and Muslim geographers mentioned Kafr Saba, incl

The village was located on a flat expanse of land in the coastal plain, south of Beit Lid and Bayarat Hannoun. The sandy beach dunes extended into the central and southern parts of the village, forming ridged sand dunes. Several secondary roads connected the village to the main Jaffa–Haifa road. The village was situated on what was once part of the extensive Arsuf Forest. The lands belonging to the village were seasonally inhabited by the residents of Kafr Sur Forest, who eng

The village was situated on the northwestern slope of one of the hills in the coastal plain. From it, one could see the Mediterranean Sea to the west and Tulkarm to the north. It was located north of the town of Tayiba and connected to it by a secondary road. Another side road linked Fardisiya to the main Tulkarm–Qalqilya road extending west of the village. Fardisiya was recorded as existing in the Crusader period, known as Fardisi, and in 1596 it was a village in the Bani Sa

The village, which was classified as a farm in the Index Gazetteer of Palestine, was situated on an elevated piece of land slightly higher than the surrounding flat terrain. To the south of the village, there was an artificial pond. One of its most prominent landmarks was a large house. A secondary road connected the village to nearby towns and villages, and one of these roads passed directly through the village, dividing it into eastern and western sections. The first part o

The village stood on a gently elevated hill in undulating terrain overlooking the coastal plain. A secondary road connected the village to two nearby main roads running north-south and east-west, linking it to Tulkarm. The village was established by people from the original village of Bayt Lid, who had moved to the surrounding plains to cultivate agricultural land. They eventually settled at the archaeological site of Khirbat Hanuna, which came to be known as Khirbat Bayt Lid

The village of al-Majdal was located on the western shore of Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), at the southern edge of the Ghuweir Abu Shusha Plain, at the base of a mountain rising sharply from the plain to an elevation of approximately 380 meters. It was connected to the city of Tiberias via a main road that curved along the shoreline of the lake. It is likely that al-Majdal was the same ancient town mentioned in the New Testament, associated with Mary Magdalene. In the Talmu