Bir Salim

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Bir Salim

Orange groves at Bir Salim
Bir Salim
Arabic بئر سالم
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°55′32.40″N 34°49′41.15″E / 31.9256667°N 34.8280972°E / 31.9256667; 34.8280972Coordinates: 31°55′32.40″N 34°49′41.15″E / 31.9256667°N 34.8280972°E / 31.9256667; 34.8280972
Population 410 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation May 9, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current localities Netzer Sereni[2][3]

Bir Salim (Arabic: بئر سالم) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948 by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.

The population in 1945 was 410.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p xix village #248. Also gives cause of depopulation
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #11.
  3. Khalidi, 1992, p. 371.

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