This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Salihiyya (Arabic: الصالحية) was a Palestinian Arab village populated by people traditionally associated with the Ghawarna, a generic exonym denoting inhabitants of the drainage plains of the Hula Valley.

Canoeing pioneer John MacGregor was taken prisoner by the villagers of Al-Salihiyya during his exploration of the region in January 1869.

The meal consisted of "kusskoosoo" which MacGregor described as "a kind of small bean porridge uncommonly good to eat" and was eaten with saucers of buffalo cream.

"The whole area has been taken over by Jewish colonists who intend in the near future to drain it and convert it into useful arable land.

[14] In late May, 1948, the Haganah reported an argument in Salihiya between youngsters and village elders.

The elders, however, feared that if an Arab army nonetheless reached their area, they would be deemed traitors, ‘and the village would be destroyed.

[They became] afraid.’[14] The village was depopulated on May 25, 1948,[1] by the Palmach's First Battalion[citation needed] during Operation Yiftach.