| has gloss | eng: Ayn Ghazal (, "Spring of the Gazelle") was a Palestinian Arab village located south of Haifa. Depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War as a result of an Israeli military assault during Operation Shoter, the village was then completely destroyed. Incorporated into the State of Israel, it is now mostly a forested area. The Israeli moshav of Ofer ("fawn") was established in 1950 on part of the former village's lands. Ein Ayala, a moshav established in 1949, lies just adjacent; its name being the Hebrew translation of Ayn Ghazal. |