Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Saffuriyya (also Saffuriya) was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Saffuriyya District District of Nazareth Location 6 km northwest of Nazareth Israeli occupation date July 15, 1948 Israeli military operation Operation Dekel Israeli attacking brigade n/a Remaining population after occupation 0 Remaining structures after occupation A few houses, the shrine (now a synagogue) Population 1596 1931 1945 2,200 3,147 4,330 Number of houses 1931: 747 Historical names Caananite name n/a Roman name Sepphoris Crusader name Sephorie Israeli settlement(s) Tzippori, ha-Solelim, Allon ha-Galil, Hosha'aya and Chanton Public structures Two schools and a shrine See also List of destroyed villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war External Links & References http://netfinity2.palestineremembered.com/Nazareth/Saffuriyya/index.html This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.