Bayt Nattif
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| Sub-district | Hebron | |
| Coordinates | 31°41′43.9″N 34°59′45.6″E / 31.695528°N 34.996°ECoordinates: 31°41′43.9″N 34°59′45.6″E / 31.695528°N 34.996°E | |
| Population | 2150 (1945) | |
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| Date of depopulation | October 21, 1948[1] | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | |
Bayt Nattif was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948 under Operation ha-Har. It was located 21 km northwest of Hebron.
In 1945 it had a population of 2,150. Bayt Nattif contained several shrines, including a notable one dedicated to al-Shaykh Ibrahim. Roughly a dozen khirbas lay in the vicinity.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #342. Also gives cause of depopulation.
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- 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. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
[edit] External links
- Welcome To Bayt Nattif
- Bayt Nattif, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Bayt Nattif, Palestine Family.net
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