Al-Kunayyisa

Al-Kunayyisa
الكنيّسة
Ruin in Al-Kunayyisa
Ruin in Al-Kunayyisa
Etymology: The church[1]
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Al-Kunayyisa is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Kunayyisa
Al-Kunayyisa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°57′27″E / 31.88833°N 34.95750°E / 31.88833; 34.95750
Palestine grid146/144
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 10, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total3,872 dunams (3.872 km2 or 1.495 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total40[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Kunayyisa (Arabic: الكنيسة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p.298
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village No. 243. Also gives cause of depopulation