Al-Kunayyisa
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| Arabic | الكنيّسة | |
| Sub-district | Ramla | |
| Coordinates | 31°53′18″N 34°57′27″E / 31.88833°N 34.95750°ECoordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°57′27″E / 31.88833°N 34.95750°E | |
| Population | 40 (1945) | |
| Area | 3,872 dunams | |
| Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948[1] | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | |
Al-Kunayyisa was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 10, 1948 under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.
As of 1945 it had a population of 40. A khirba to the east contains rugged stone walls and building remains.
References [edit]
- ^ Morris, 2004, p xix village #243. Also gives cause of depopulation
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- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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