Khan al-Duwayr
Village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Khan al-Duwayr (Arabic: خان الدوير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 30, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 35 km northeast of Safad. The ruins of the village were overbuilt by the Israeli kibbutz of Snir.
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Khan al-Duwayr
خان الدوير | |
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Village | |
Etymology: Khân ed Duweir, the caravanserai of the little convent or circle[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°14′22″N 35°40′19″E | |
Palestine grid | 213/293 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | Not known[2] |
Population (1931) | |
• Total | 137[3] |
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