Kharruba

Kharruba
خروبة
Kharruba, 2008
Etymology: The carob, or locust tree
1870s map
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Kharruba
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°54′44″N 34°57′38″E / 31.91222°N 34.96056°E / 31.91222; 34.96056
Palestine grid146/146
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 12–15, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
170
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Kharruba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, near Modi'in. It was located 8 km east of Ramla. It was depopulated on July 12, 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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