Khan al-Duwayr
Khan al-Duwayr (Arabic: خان الدوير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 30, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 35 km northeast of Safad. The ruins of the village were overbuilt by the Israeli kibbutz of Snir.
Khan al-Duwayr
خان الدوير | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Khân ed Duweir, the caravanserai of the little convent or circle | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khan al-Duwayr (click the buttons) | |
Khan al-Duwayr Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°14′22″N 35°40′19″E | |
| Palestine grid | 213/293 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | Not known |
| Population (1931) | |
| • Total | 137 |
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