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Welcome To al-Dawayima District of Hebron الدوايمة - א-דואימה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
Israeli occupation date | October 29, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Distance from district center | 18 (km) Northwest of Hebron | ||||||||||||||
Elevation from the sea | 350 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
Map location | See location number #16 on the map | ||||||||||||||
Israeli military operation | Operation Ya'ov (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon). | ||||||||||||||
Israeli attacking brigade | Eighty-Ninth Battalion of Eighth Brigade, commanded by General Yitzchaq Sadeh, the founder of the Palmach. | ||||||||||||||
Defenders | Egyptian Army | ||||||||||||||
Israeli acts of terror | On October 29th, 1948, al-Dawayima was the site of one of the larger, little-known massacres of the war. Over 100 people ,including women and children, were massacred and buried in a village well, see Stories and Memories section for details. | ||||||||||||||
Refugees' migration route | Many refugees headed for the Hebron hills, and some stayed in the nearby caves for some time. | ||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
Village remains after destruction by Israelis | al-Dawayima was completely obliterated with the exception of one village house. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | al-Dawayima inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
Land ownership before occupation |
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Land usage in 1945 |
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Population before occupation |
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Number of houses | In (1931): 559 (includes four adjacent khirbas) | ||||||||||||||
Town's name through history | In the Old Testament, al-Dawayima was identified with Bozqat or Bosqat. | ||||||||||||||
Religious institutions | al-Dawayima had a mosque, Darawish Mosque, which was maintained by the followers of al-Tariqa al-khalwatiyya, a Sufi mystic order founded by Shaykh 'Umar al-Khalwati, who died in 1397. In the 1930s, the villagers added a tall minaret to the Mosque. | ||||||||||||||
Shrines/maqams | The village contained several religious shrines, chief among them was dedicated to al-Shaykh 'Ali. | ||||||||||||||
Nearby wadies & rivers | To the north, the village overlooks Wadi Qubayba. | ||||||||||||||
Water supplies | In the 1940s, the villagers drilled three new artesian wells, and they also dug numerous cisterns for collecting rainwater. | ||||||||||||||
Archeological sites | A large number of khirbas lay nearby the village. | ||||||||||||||
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Amatzya | ||||||||||||||
Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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More Information |
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalid :-
"The site has been fenced in. A cowshed, a chicken coop, and granaries have been built at its center (which has been levelled). The southern side of the site contains stone terraces and the remnants of a house. The eastern side is occupied by the residential area of the moshav."
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
أبو ياسر | هديب | - |
Haneen Alabsi | العبسي | Amman |
Jamal Abu-Rubieh | - | mass., usa |
ashrafsirbel | العيسة | طبربور, الاردن |
كمال هديب | هديب | - |
انس يوسف حمدان | - | amman, amman |
حجي | الحجوج | al-zarqa |
nabeel ayyash | القيسية | - |
الدكتور أمجد علي محمد سعادة | سعادة | عمان, الاردن |
أبو مالك هديب | - | الزرقاء |
تيسير احمد ابراهيم | الغوانمة | عمان, |
THAER ABU SUBEH | abu subeh | Amman |
نظمي الغوانمة | - | عمان-القويسمة |
يوسف ابوريان | ابوريان | - |
ابراهيم الغوانمه | الغوانمه | عمان |
كمال ابوصبيح | ابوصبيح | - |
رمضان أبوخضره | - | - |
عماد هديب | هديب | البقعة - الاردن |
hatem issa | alghawanmeh | alqwesmah, jordan |
ابو احمد | هديب | عمان, الاردن |
يوسف الزعاترة | - | - |
احمد الحجوج | الحجوج | - |
حجه | - | الزرقاء, الاردن |
fadi gawanmeh | gawanmeh | amman, jordan |
PEACE | المشارفة | مادبا, الاردن |
يوسف طه الحجوج | - | الزرقاء |
ashraf sabateen | sabateen | تلمسان, الدوايمة |
خلدون محمد حسن عشا | عشا | الزرقاء, الاردن |
بشار ابوصبيح | ابوصبيح | الاردن |
ابو علاء | العداربه | عمان |
yousef al hajar | السباتين | - |
جمال قنب | قنب | الدوايمة |
طلب خليل محمد الجواودة | الجواودة | عمان, الاردن |
عيون الاقصى | العيسه | عمان, الاردن |
ابو العوف | الدوايمة / عفانة | - |
الباحث عن أرضه | العيسة | الخليل, فلسطين |
ابراهيم بسام ابراهيم لافي | لافي | فلسطين, الدوايمة |
mMohammad AL-Absi | AL-ABSI | zarqa, jordan |
ايهاب ناصر صباح | الدوايمة | - |
الخطيب | - | - |
الحجر | - | - |
ابو عبد الرحمن | - | - |
SALEM ASHA | asha | amman, jordan |
Mo sarbal | - | - |
diana Sami | Abu Sbeih | - |
Ashraf Hamdan Al-Dawaymeh | حمدان وبصبوص | Jordan, Jordan |
Abu Yazan | AL-Adarbeh | Qatar, Qatar |
Raji Al-Zaatreh | Al-Zaatreh | istanbul, تركيا |
ماهر عبدالدين | - | - |
ايمن رجوب | رجوب | الخليل, الخليل |
اسامه محمد الغوانمه | الغوانمه | Amman, Jordan |
اسامة بصبوص | بصبوص | الخليل |
اكرم | العيسة | الخليل |
صفاء أبو جابر | الدوايمة | - |
الحرة | ابوصبيح | عمان, الاردن |
Dr TAHA | الغوانمة | عمان, الاردن |
yusuf ahmad sirbel | سربل | البقعه, الاردن |
محمد عبد الدين | العبدين | - |
أحمد الدوايمة | أبوريان | عمان |
A. Najajreh | - | - |
جمال محمد عبد الدين | عبد الدين | م - البقعة, الاردن |
بنت فلسطين | - | - |
jamal adarpeh | العداربه | عمان, الأردن |
اشرف الدوايمة | هديب | amman |
war | القيسية | - |
غادة القيسي | - | الاردن |
Moawiya | Al Qaisieh | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
ahmad harb | Harb | - |
حسام ابوزنيد ابوزنيد الشرحة | الشرحة | - |
مقدسي | لافي | - |
بكــــر الدوايـمـــــة | بصبوص | الزرقاء, الاردن |
إحساس مؤلم | hamdan | - |
إبراهيم عشا الدوايمة | عشا | عمان, الاردن |
مصطفى | - | - |
بشير هديب | هديب | jordan, jordan |
مصعب يوسف | ابو صبيح | Amman |
Leen | abu hashish | amman, jordan |
نشوان | نشوان | عمان |
سامي | العيسى | - |
هديب | هديب | alzarka |
mahd | asha | ohio, usa |
(أبوالطيب محمود) أبوصبيح | أبوصبيح | - |
okasha | salman | - |
فداء | - | - |
Iyad Sabateen | sabateen | Saudi Arabia |
abu_hasan | ابوصبيح | jordan, jordan |
Ismail Qaisieh | القيسية | - |
محمد هديب | ابو سمية | الاردن |
ayman Hnaif | قيسيسه | - |
Mansour Al-Qaissirh | - | - |
لين | قيسية | عمان, الاردن |
محمد العيسة | العيسة | amman, jordan |
matrix | السباتين | مادبا |
محمد قنديل | العيسة | عمان |
ابو العسود | العسود | HEBRON, IDNA |
رامي حسين | - | - |
خالد مناصرة | - | مخيم سوف, الاردن- |
Shadi Yousef Moh'd Hameedeh | Al Adarbeh | Doha, Qatar |
omarabedelrahman alabsi | alabsi | jordan |
sara | dawaymiyeh | amman, amman |
ghassan hdieb | hdieb | hebron/alfawwar, palestine |
musa serbel | - | ohio, united states |
dr.muna asha | الدوايمة | - |
m.khalil.issa abu-shalanfeh | - | ALRIYADH, ALRIYADH |
hossam | abu sbieh | jordan, jordan |
abed Lafi | lafi | - |
Mohammed Albsi | Alabsi | New York, USA |
TALAT | - | RAMMALH |
mohammed al ayasah | - | - |
Talent | Asha | Amman, Jordan |
jamil abed al din | abed al din | Helsinki/ Finland |
ahmad afaneh | alqtaishat | - |
Mohammed Al-Aqtash | al-Dawayima | Madaba, Jordan |
yousef almaqousi | - | amman, jordan |
Abu Ahmad | Hdieb | GA, USA |
Falasteen | Abu Moilish | - |
Thabet Al Qaissieh | Al Qaissieh | Abu DHabi, United Arab Emirates |
Nasser ALQissiah | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
ايات نشوان | - | - |
Rami Gawanmeh | Gawanmeh | - |
Aldwaymeh | alayasieh | - |
جميل الدوايمة | المناصرة | - |
Mohammed Abu-Shalanfeh | Le Khudoor | New York |
AnTaR | Al-Absi | New York, USA |
khaled Abd SALAMA AYYASH | AL QAISSIEH | FRANCE |
hussamuddin al-zaaterah | - | - |
BAKER ABO SHALANFEH | dawaimeh | amman |
Anas Orabi | Al-Adarbeh | - |
i ghawanmeh | Ghawanmeh | - |
struggle | unit | |
Amer Hdaib | msallam | amman, jordan |