Mughallis
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| Arabic | مٌغلّس |
| Sub-district | Hebron |
| Coordinates | 31°43′44.55″N 34°52′56.75″E / 31.7290417°N 34.8824306°ECoordinates: 31°43′44.55″N 34°52′56.75″E / 31.7290417°N 34.8824306°E |
| Population | 540 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | July 9-10, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current localities | Gefen |
Mughallis (Arabic: مٌغلّس) was a Palestinian Arab village located 30.5 kilometers (19.0 mi) northwest of Hebron. In 1945, it had a population of 540.[2] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9-10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #271. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Hadawi, 1970, p. 50.
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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