Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 17, 1948
Distance from district center	12.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	750 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Dayr 'Amr has mostly survived destruction (one of the miracle in the area?), most of the its houses are currently occupied and being renovated by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Dayr 'Amr inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,072 Jewish 0 Public 0 Total 3,072
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 18 Area planted w/ olives 5 Planted W/ Cereal 650 Cultivable 668 Non-Cultivable 2,404
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 434 1945 10 1948 719 Est. Refugees 1998 4,800
Number of houses	In (1931): 110 (includes Suba)
Town's name through history	Dayr 'Amr was named after a local sage known by al-Sa'i 'Amr.
Schools	In 1942, the General Arab Orphans' Committee (a private body based in Jerusalem) established in Dayr 'Amr a model Boys' Farm. In 1946, the farm had about 60 students. The school remain standing which is currently being used as a hospital by Israelis.
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Sa'i 'Amr, whom the village was named after.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	The Boys' Farm were transformed into an Israeli mental hospital, Eytanim and Bezek telephone and television company has established a large facility with radar equipment at the southern edge of the site.
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More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is surrounded with a fence and a guarded gate. All the houses still stand and new extensions have been added to some of them. Large cypress and carob trees grow among the houses. There is an olive grove on the southern edge of the village. The Bezek telephone and television company has established a large facility, with radar equipment, at the southern edge of the site. The psychiatric hospital of Eytanim is nearby