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| Dayr al-Hawa District of Jerusalem دير الهوا - דיר אל-הוא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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 IsraelisDeir 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 IsraelisDayr 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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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
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