Al-Barriyya

Al-Barriyya was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, as part of Operation Dani. It was located 5.5 km southeast of Ramla, on the eastern bank of Wadi al-Barriyya.

Al-Barriyya
البريّة
Etymology: The desert
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Al-Barriyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 34°55′6″E
Palestine grid142/144
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 10–13, 1948
Area
  Total2,831 dunams (2.831 km2 or 1.093 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total510
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesAzarya, Beyt Chashmonay

The area of the destroyed village has been overbuilt by Beit Hashmonai.

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