Kafr 'Inan

Kafr 'Inan

Kafr ʿInān (كفر عنان) was a Palestinian village in the District of Acre around 33 kilometres (21 mi) east of Acre. Until 1949, it was an Arab village situated upon ancient ruins. Archaeological surveys indicate the village was first founded in the early Roman period with settlement persisting through to the Byzantine period, existing again in the Middle Ages and the modern era.

Captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, many of the villagers fled the fighting. Those few hundred who managed to remain or to return were subsequently transferred out of the village by the Israel Defense Forces to the West Bank or to other Arab towns in the newly established State of Israel on three separate occasions in January and February 1949.

A shrine for the Sheikh Abu Hajar Azraq and the remains of a small domed building are still standing, and there are many archaeological remains of interest, including cisterns and domestic wells which used to supply the village with fresh drinking water from nearby springs. The Israeli communal settlement of Kefar Chananya was established on the land of Kfar 'Inan in 1989.