that 2,000 refugees had crossed the border. According to Yigal Allon, Operation Broom had a "tremendous psychological impact" on the population of Safed and of the Hula Valley to the north. Communities captured during Operation Matateh Population figures based on year-end 1944 figures from the Village Statistics 1945 - Palestine Index Gazetteer. See also Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel References Bibliography Morris, Benny, (1987) The Birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947–1949, . Matate|Broom May 1948 events in Asia Haganah Sea of Galilee