Ishwa
Ishwa
إشوع | |
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Former village | |
| Etymology: from Eshua, personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Ishwa (click the buttons) | |
Ishwa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′50″N 35°00′40″E / 31.78056°N 35.01111°E | |
| Palestine grid | 151/132 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | 18 July 1948 |
| Population (1948) | |
• Total | 719 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Eshtaol |
Ishwa' (Arabic: إشوع) was a Palestinian village which was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The village was located about 20 km west of Jerusalem, on the present location of Eshta'ol. In the 1931 British census of Palestine, Ishwa had a population of 468 in 126 houses. The village was occupied by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on July 16, 1948, in Operation Dani by the Harel Brigade. All of its inhabitants fled or were expelled.