Al-Mukhayzin
Al-Mukhayzin was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, by the Givati Brigade of Operation Har'el. It was located 10 km southwest of Ramla.
Al-Mukhayzin
المخيزن | |
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| Etymology: Kh. el Mukheizin, the ruin of the storehouses | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mukhayzin (click the buttons) | |
Al-Mukhayzin Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′12″N 34°48′40″E | |
| Palestine grid | 132/134 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,942 dunams (10.942 km2 or 4.225 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 310 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Chafetz Chayyim, Revadim, Yad Binyamin, Beyt Chilqiyya |
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