Khirbat Al-Lawz
Khirbat Al-Lawz was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 11 km west of Jerusalem, situated north of Wadi al-Sarar.
Khirbat Al-Lawz
خربة اللوز | |
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Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s | |
| Etymology: the ruin of the almond | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Lawz (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat Al-Lawz Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E | |
| Palestine grid | 160/130 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | July 13, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,502 dunams (4.502 km2 or 1.738 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 450 |
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