Daniyal
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Arabic | دانيال |
Name Meaning | Daniel |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Coordinates | 31°55′51.75″N 34°55′45.00″E / 31.9310417°N 34.9291667°ECoordinates: 31°55′51.75″N 34°55′45.00″E / 31.9310417°N 34.9291667°E |
Population | 410 (1945) |
Area | |
Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current localities | Kfar Daniel |
Daniyal (Arabic: دانيال) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 10, 1948 by the Yiftach Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani. It was located 5 km east of Ramla and south-east of Lydda.
In 1945 it had a population of 410. An elementary school for boys which is still standing today was founded in 1945, and had an enrollment of 55 students. A shrine for al-Nabi Daniyal is also still intact.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #232. Also gives cause of depopulation.
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
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