Qaytiyya

Qaytiyya

Qeitiya^[1]
Qaytiyya Qeitiya
Village
	Etymology: El Keitîyeh, el Keitîyeh, from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Qaytiyya (click the buttons)
	Qaytiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°11′59″N 35°36′46″E / 33.19972°N 35.61278°E
Palestine grid	207/289
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 19, 1948/June 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	940
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Kfar Blum, possibly Beit Hillel

Qaytiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 19, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 28 km northeast of Safad, bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers.

^ ^a ^b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #12. Also gives causes of depopulation.
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 23
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 486

[Morris12-1] Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #12. Also gives causes of depopulation.

[2] Palmer, 1881, p. 23

[1945p10-3] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10

[Hadawi71-4] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71

[Khalidi486-5] Khalidi, 1992, p. 486

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Qaytiyya Qeitiya^[1]
Village
Etymology: El Keitîyeh, el Keitîyeh, from personal name^[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Qaytiyya (click the buttons)
Qaytiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°11′59″N 35°36′46″E / 33.19972°N 35.61278°E / 33.19972; 35.61278
Palestine grid	207/289
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 19, 1948/June 1948^[1]
Population (1945)
• Total	940^[3]^[4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Kfar Blum,^[5] possibly Beit Hillel^[5]

Qaytiyya

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