Al-Barriyya
البريّة | |
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| Etymology: The desert[1] | |
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  Al-Barriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 34°55′6″E / 31.88806°N 34.91833°E | |
| Palestine grid | 142/144 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | July 10–13, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,831 dunams (2.831 km2 or 1.093 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 510[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Azarya,[5][6] Beyt Chashmonay[6] |
Al-Barriyya was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, as part of Operation Dani. It was located 5.5 km southeast of Ramla, on the eastern bank of Wadi al-Barriyya.
The area of the destroyed village has been overbuilt by Beit Hashmonai.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 265
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #245. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #26.
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 362