Dayr Abu Salama

Dayr Abu Salama
Dayr Abu Salama
Arabic
District	Ramla
Coordinates	31°56′56.8″N 34°57′25.3″E / 31.949111°N 34.957028°E / 31.949111; 34.957028Coordinates: 31°56′56.8″N 34°57′25.3″E / 31.949111°N 34.957028°E / 31.949111; 34.957028
Population	60 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation	July 13, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Dayr Abu Salama was a small Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 in the first phase of Operation Dani. It was located 8 km northeast of Ramla.

In 1945 it had a population of 60. A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Abu Salama is also located in the village.

References

1. ^ Morris, 2004, p xix village #228. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.