Biriyya

Biriyya بيريّا
Etymology: A well[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Biriyya (click the buttons)
Biriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°58′47″N 35°29′52″E / 32.97972°N 35.49778°E / 32.97972; 35.49778
Palestine grid	197/265
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 2, 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	5,579 dunams (5.579 km2 or 2.154 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	240[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Birya

Biriyya (Arabic: بيريّا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) northeast of Safad. Today the Israeli moshav of Birya includes the village site.