Khirbat Bayt Far

Khirbat Bayt Far
Khirbat Bayt Far
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°48′02.65″N 34°54′56.65″E / 31.8007361°N 34.9157361°E / 31.8007361; 34.9157361Coordinates: 31°48′02.65″N 34°54′56.65″E / 31.8007361°N 34.9157361°E / 31.8007361; 34.9157361
Palestine grid 142/134
Population 300 (1945)
Date of depopulation April 7, 1948

Khirbat Bayt Far was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 14 km south of Ramla. On 11 January 1948, Kfar Uriah was attacked by Arabs who came from neighboring Beit Jiz and Khirbet Beit Far.[1] It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948.

In 1945, the village had a population of 300.

References

  1. Benny Morris (2008). 1948: a history of the first Arab-Israeli war. Yale University Press. p. 102. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
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