Al-Khayriyya
Al-Khayriyya
الخيْريّة el-Kheiriyah, Kheiriya | |
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1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Khayriyya (click the buttons) | |
Al-Khayriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°2′14″N 34°49′41″E / 32.03722°N 34.82806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 133/160 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | 25 April 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,672 dunams (13.672 km2; 5.279 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,420 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ramat Pinkas Ariel Sharon Park Ramat Gan National Park |
Al-Khayriyya (Arabic: الخيْريّة), also Ibn Ibraq, was a Palestinian Arab village located 7.5 kilometers east of Jaffa. It became depopulated in April 1948 as a result of a military assault by the Alexandroni Brigade of the pre-state Israeli forces during the 1948 Palestine war. The village lands would later be used by Israel as the Hiriya landfill.