Dayr Abu Salama
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Dayr Abu Salama | |
Dayr Abu Salama |
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Arabic | |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Coordinates | 31°56′56.8″N 34°57′25.3″E / 31.949111°N 34.957028°ECoordinates: 31°56′56.8″N 34°57′25.3″E / 31.949111°N 34.957028°E |
Population | 60 (1945) |
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Date of depopulation | July 13, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Dayr Abu Salama was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 in the first phase of Operation Dani. It was located 8 km northeast of Ramla.
In 1945 it had a population of 60. A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Abu Salama is also located in the village.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #228. 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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