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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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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 |
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