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Welcome To Daniyal - دنيال (דאניאל)

District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Occupation Date July 10, 1948
Distance From District 5 (km) East of al-Ramla
Elevation 100 (meters)
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Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #16 on the map

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Military Operation First phase of Operation Dani
Attacking Units Yiftach Brigade
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains On September 13th, 1948, Daniyal was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses, a shrine, and the boys school.
Ethnically Cleansing Daniyal inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,728
Jewish 0
Public 80
**Total 2,808
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 37
Planted W/ Cereal 2,599
Built up 15
Arable 2,636
Non-Arable 157
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 284
1945 410
1948 476
Est. Refugees 1998 2,921
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 71
1948 119
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al-Ramla  ←
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'Innaba
Town's Name Through History The village was named after the Hebrew prophet Dani'el.
Schools An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1945, and when it opened its doors it had an enrollment of 55 students (still standing).
Shrines / Maqams A shrine for al-Nabi Daniyal which is still standing to this date, but it is deserted and in need of serious renovations!
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Kefar Daniyyel
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Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on flat terrain on the central coastal plain, It was linked by two secondary roads to Lydda and Ramla, and by dirt tracks to several neighboring villages. The village took its name from the Hebrew prophet Dani'el, called al-Nabi (the prophet) Daniyal in Arabic. It was not uncommon for Palestinian Muslims to honor such Old Testament prophets by building shrines for them; there was a shrine for the prophet Moses, for example, south of Jericho, not far from the region in which he is said to have been buried. Some of these shrines were built over the supposed tombs or birthplaces of these prophets, while others Simply commemorated the appearance of a prophet to a local believer in a dream,

In the late nineteenth century British Royal Engineers described the village as a small settlement built around a shrine for al-Nabi Daniyal. All of the residents were Muslims. The village houses, made of adobe brick or stone, were arranged along an east-west axis in a rectangular plan whose center consisted of shops. During the last years of the Mandate, house construction increased; the village expanded but followed the original layout. Daniyal had an elementary school with an enrollment of about forty-five students at the time of its founding in 1945. A well supplied the village with drinking water. The rainfed crops cultivated by the villagers included wheat, olives, and citrus. In 1944/45 a total of 2,599 dunums was allotted to cereals; 37 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

According to the History of the War of Independence, Israeli army units from the Yiftach Brigade moved into the village on 10 July 1948, during the first phase of Operation Dani (see Abu aI-Fadl, Ramla sub-disctrict), The villagers either fled or were evicted during the onslaught. The same forces went on to attack Lydda the following day. Nearby Jimzu was taken at the same time because, as the New York Times correspondent wrote, these two villages 'were more or less protective covering for the Lydda-Ramla area,'

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion named this village as one of fourteen to be partially destroyed. He included it in a request that he made on 13 September 1948 to a special ministerial committee overseeing demolition and settlement activity. Israeli historian Benny Morris does not indicate whether or when the destruction took place.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Kefar Daniyyel (143149) was established on the village site in 1949.

Village Today

The shrine of al-Nabi Daniyal, the school, and seven well-built houses are all that remain of the village. The shrine, deserted amid weeds and a few trees, is made of stone, with a second storey rising on one side. The first storey has arched windows and doors and the second has a porch and a rectangular window. The school is presently used by residents of Kefar Daniyyel. The houses are built of stone and are all flat-roofed, with a mix of arched and rectangular doors and windows. One house is used as a warehouse. Cactuses, cypress, olive, and Christ's-thorn trees grow on the site, as well as castor-oil (ricinus) plants. The settlement's housing units also can be seen on the site (see photos). The lands around the site are cultivated by Israelis.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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