Khirbat al-Duhayriyya
Khirbat al-Duhayriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by the Givati Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani. It was located 6 km northeast of Ramla.
Khirbat al-Duhayriyya
خربة الضهيرية | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: The ruin of the ridge | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Duhayriyya (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat al-Duhayriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′46″N 34°56′03″E | |
| Palestine grid | 144/150 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,341 dunams (1.341 km2 or 331 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 100 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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