Mughallis

Mughallis
Mughallis
Arabic	مٌغلّس
District	Hebron
Coordinates	31°43′44.55″N 34°52′56.75″E / 31.7290417°N 34.8824306°E / 31.7290417; 34.8824306Coordinates: 31°43′44.55″N 34°52′56.75″E / 31.7290417°N 34.8824306°E / 31.7290417; 34.8824306
Population	540 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation	July 9-10, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current localities	Gefen

Mughallis (Arabic: مٌغلّس‎) was a Palestinian Arab village located 30.5 kilometers (19.0 mi) northwest of Hebron. In 1945, it had a population of 540.^[2] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9-10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far.

References

1. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #271. Also gives cause of depopulation.
2. ^ Hadawi, 1970, p. 50.

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. 

External links

• Welcome To Mughallis
• Mughallis, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center