Al-Kunayyisa
Al-Kunayyisa
الكنيّسة | |
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Ruin in Al-Kunayyisa | |
| Etymology: The church | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Kunayyisa (click the buttons) | |
Al-Kunayyisa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°57′27″E / 31.88833°N 34.95750°E | |
| Palestine grid | 146/144 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,872 dunams (3.872 km2; 1.495 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 40 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Kunayyisa (Arabic: الكنيسة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.