Al-Mukhayzin
Al-Mukhayzin | |
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Al-Mukhayzin | |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Coordinates | 31°48′11.30″N 34°48′40.25″E / 31.8031389°N 34.8111806°ECoordinates: 31°48′11.30″N 34°48′40.25″E / 31.8031389°N 34.8111806°E |
Palestine grid | 132/134 |
Population | 310 (1945) |
Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current localities | Chafetz Chayyim, Revadim, Yad Binyamin, Beyt Chilqiyya |
Al-Mukhayzin was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948 by the Givati Brigade of Operation Har'el. It was located 10 km southwest of Ramla.
In 1945, the village had a population of 310, of whom 110 were Jewish.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #263. 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.
See also
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