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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 10, 1948
Distance from district center	10 (km) Northeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Ninth Commando Battalion of the Armored Brigade
Defenders	Jordanian Army
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Dayr Tarif was mostly destroyed with the exception of its school.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Dayr Tarif inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas	The clans of Darras, Taha, 'Ayah, al-Faqeeh, Shaltaf, al-Shaykh, al-Biss, Abu Zeid, 'Allan, al-Far (some settled in from Bayt Far).
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,338 Jewish 0 Public 418 Total 8,756
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 1,410 Irrigated & Plantation 486 Area planted w/ olives 714 Planted W/ Cereal 5,989 Built up 51 Cultivable 7,885 Non-Cultivable 820
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 270 1922 836 1931 1,246 1945 1,750 1948 2,030 Est. Refugees 1998 12,466
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 291 1948 474
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to Dayr Tarif by Bethariph.
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1920, and in 1947 it had an enrollment of 171 students (still standing).
Religious institutions	One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beyt 'Arif
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in 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, covered with the debris of destroyed houses ... The school building serves as a stable."

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
ZEYADHABASH	-	دير طريف
hiba 3bd elnabi	al shekh	amman, jordan
رشا ابو عين	ابو عين	رام الله , رام الله
اسماء عبد الخالق	-	عمان, الاردن
MOHAMED ALAYEH	ALAYEH	-
Capt.Wajih Asi	Asi, Assi, Aassi	California, USA
Ali Yasin ( abu fadi)	alsiekh	amman / abu alanda, jordan
mohammed shaltaf	dair tareef	pa, usa
عمر صدقة	صدقة	عمان, الأردن
عاصي	-	فلسطين, فلسطين
shaddi musleh	musleh	Missouri, USA
سامي	العطيني	دير طريف, الاردن
عامرالعاصي	-	السعودية, الرياض
ابو صقر	لعطيني	-
khaldoun alsheikh	-	-
المهندس شريف العاصي	-	الاردن, الاردن
علاء ابو العطا	ابو زيد	عمان, الاردن
Hassan Jabr	Ottaineh	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
firas shafeeq mahmoud salem qandeel	qandeel	amman, jordan
Yousef Mahmood Dawood Al Tarifi	Al Tarifi	Abu Dhabi, UAE
رائد درس	-	الزرقاء, الاردن
Ibrahim Mosleh	-	-
rasheed alfakih	alfakih	-
محمود	شلطف	فلسطين, رام اللة
KHALID TARIFI	DARRAS	AL SHARJA
Said Musleh	Musleh	Idiana, USA
mohi edeen.a.a	الشيخ	الاردن, الاردن
BILAL MAHMOUD SADAT ALLAN	allan	amman, jordan
samir	alsheek	goteborg, sweden
المهندس انس الطريفي	الشيخ	عمان
ashour	ayyeh	north, Norway
ashoor	ayyeh	in, usa
MOHAMED ABU ZEID	دير طريف	PALESTINE, palestine
Abu Said	ALLAN	USA
Mo'ath Shaltaf	SHALTAF	-
Abu Omer	Dawoud	Al Kuwait, Al Kuwait
rami afaneh	afaneh	Doha , Qater
Ghadeer Sheikh	Sheikh	-
abdullah AL-Ayeh	deer tareef	amman, JORDAN
islam ayyeh	ayyeh	amman, jordan
Nawal	-	-
Fatimah Ayyeh	Ayyeh	Amman, Jordan
Mousa Daoud	Daoud	-
Haitham M. Allan	Allan	Islamabad, Pakistan
abdelrahman aburami	daoud	pA, united States
ahmed daoud	daoud	abu dhabi, uae
Nael Musleh	Tareefy	-
ali	Allan	KSA, KSA
Nisreen Sarryeh	Sarryeh	-
Mohammad Shaltaf	Shaltaf	Amman
Khalil Abu-Zeid	Abu-Zeid	Amman, Jordan
Hussein Da'oud	Da'oud	-
abdelrahman Mahmmud Shaltaf	shaltaf	chicago, u.s.a
Nour Al Assi	Al Assi	Amman, Jordan
Khalid Shaltaf	Shaltaf	Tennessee, Tennessee
suhail taha	taha	illinos, usa
Abdullatif aBDULSATTAR Said Saleh Taha	TAHA	ILLINOIS, U.S.A
Yacoub Ata Hussein Abu-Zeid	Abu-Zeid	New York, USA
majed2002	-	Amman, Jordan

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