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| Dayr Rafat District of Jerusalem دير رفات - דיר ראפאת Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 18, 1948
Distance from district center
26 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
300 (meters)
Map location
See location number #13 on the map
Israeli military operation
Second stage Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade
Har'el Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisDayr Rafat was completely destroyed in the second half of October 1948, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisDayr Rafat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
12,966
Jewish
0
Public
276
Total
13,242
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
216
Area planted w/ olives
25
Planted W/ Cereal
10,563
Built up
10
Cultivable
10,779
Non-Cultivable
2,453
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
218
1945
430
1948
499
Est. Refugees 1998
3,063
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
69
1948
157
Town's name through history
The village had a mosque named after a al-Hajj Hasan.
Archeological sites
Dayr Rafat has three khirbas which contains the foundations of buildings, grape presses, rock-hewn cisterns, wells, a grindstone, and burial grounds.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Giv'at Shemesh
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is covered with large piles of stone rubble and stone terraces; some of the latter are still intact, while others have been destroyed and are now mixed with the rubble of the houses. Cactuses grow on the northwestern edge of the site. There are a few tents belonging to the Negev tribe of al-Sani' the members of which have rented land from the monastery , which owns the village lands. The monastery, located 2 km west of the site, has a large statue of the Virgin Mary at the top of its facade, and parts of the structure are covered with red tiles. There is a spring on the western edge of the village and a cemetery lies in the south; one large tomb stands out. To the west there is a large olive grove
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