Dayr al-Hawa
Dayr al-Hawa
دير الهوا | |
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| Etymology: The Monastery of the Wind | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr al-Hawa (click the buttons) | |
Dayr al-Hawa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°45′05″N 35°02′14″E / 31.75139°N 35.03722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/128 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | October 19–20, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,907 dunams (5.907 km2; 2.281 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 60 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Dayr al-Hawa (Arabic: دير الهوا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 19, 1948, by the Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.