Amqa

Amqa was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Amqa
District	District of Acre
Location	11 km northeast of Acre
Israeli occupation date	July 15-16, 1948
Israeli military operation	Operation Dekel
Israeli attacking brigade	Seventh Brigade and the First Batallion of the Carmeli Brigade
Remaining population after occupation	The Druze population remained
Remaining structures after occupation	the mosque and the boy school
Population	1596: 215, 1931: 894, 1945: 1,240
Number of houses	1931: 212
Historical names	Caananite name n/a Roman name Kefar Amqa Crusader name n/a
Israeli settlement	Amqa
Public structures	A mosque and a boy school

See also

• List of destroyed villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

External Links & References

• http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Amqa/index.html