Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 19, 1948
Distance from district center	18.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	650 (meters)
Map location	See location number #27 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade	Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade (commanded by the Ethnic Cleansing champion, Yigal Allon).
Defenders	Local militia and Egyptian Army/Muslim Brotherhood Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Deir al-Hawa was completely obliterated. Currently the Jewish National Fund owns your village, and you're more than welcome to sue them in U.S. courts if you wish, see 'Imwas, al-Ramla for more details.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Dayr al-Hawa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,660 Jewish 0 Public 1,347 Total 5,907
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 58 Area planted w/ olives 501 Planted W/ Cereal 1,565 Built up 4 Cultivable 1,623 Non-Cultivable 4,280
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 18 1931 47 1945 60 1948 70 Est. Refugees 1998 427
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 11 1948 16
Religious institutions	A mosque in the western part of the village.
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Sulayman.
Water supplies	Dayr al-Hawa contained two wells located southeast and west of its center.
Archeological sites	Deir al-Hawa was built on an unknown archaeological site.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Nes Harim is nearby village lands.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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 stone rubble of houses is mixed with the ruined walls of terraces. Parts of the site have been levelled and cleared, and the debris has been gathered to form a large pile at one end of the site. In the north, south, and west, terraces are covered with groves of carob and olive trees. Cactuses grow on the southern edge of the site, and ruined walls lie on the western side of the village. Large slabs of reinforced concrete can still be seen near the watchtower that was erected on the cleared area