remained in Safed were "about" 100 Muslims, "average age 80" and "34-36 elderly Christian Arabs". In late May or early June the Muslims were "expelled" to Lebanon and on 13 June the Christians were removed by lorry to Haifa. 4–5,000 Bedouin and villagers who remained in the Hula area after the creation of the state of Israel were trucked across the Syrian border during the 1956 Suez War. Arab communities captured during Operation Yiftach See also Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel References Bibliography Walid Khalidi, All That Remains, . Uses 1945 census for population figures. Benny Morris, The Birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947–1949,. Yiftach History of Safed April 1948 events in Asia May 1948 events in Asia