problems, including the lack of clear orders regarding behaviour, the absence of POW camp for detainees, and looting. The Givati Brigade's official history states that after these operations, the brigade HQ acted to ´curtail the instinct to loot and maltreat prisoners [hit´alelut beshvuyim]´. In 1949, the Israeli moshav of Kidron was established on Qatra's land. The current Israeli towns built on Qatra's land are Gedera and Kidron. See also Barid, Muslim postal network strengthened in Palestine during the Mamluk period (roads, bridges, khans); Qatra was a barid station Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel References Bibliography (p. 90 notes 37, 38) (pp. 269, 288, n. 5) External links Welcome To Qatra Qatra, Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 16: IAA, Wikimedia commons Qatra from Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Arab villages depopulated prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War District of Ramla