Dayr Rafat

Dayr Rafat
دير رفات
Village
Etymology: from personal name
1870s map
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Dayr Rafat
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′27″N 34°57′31″E / 31.77417°N 34.95861°E / 31.77417; 34.95861
Palestine grid146/131
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationJuly 18, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
430
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesGivat Shemesh

Dayr Rafat was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was located 26 km west of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War by the Harel Brigade.

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