Al-Maghar

Al-Maghar
المغار
Al-Maghar, 1940
Al-Maghar, 1940
Etymology: The caves[1]
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Al-Maghar is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Maghar
Al-Maghar
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°50′19″N 34°46′56″E / 31.83861°N 34.78222°E / 31.83861; 34.78222
Palestine grid129/138
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation18 May 1948[4]
Area
 • Total15,390 dunams (15.39 km2 or 5.94 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,740[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesBeit Elazari[5]

Al-Maghar was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak on 18 May 1948. It was located 12 km southwest of Ramla, situated north of Wadi al-Maghar.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  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 #256. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 395