Daniyal

Daniyal
دانيال
Village
Pre-1948 structure from Daniyal, photo taken in 2014
Pre-1948 structure from Daniyal, photo taken in 2014
Etymology: Daniel[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Daniyal (click the buttons)
Daniyal is located in Mandatory Palestine
Daniyal
Daniyal
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°55′52″N 34°55′53″E / 31.93111°N 34.93139°E / 31.93111; 34.93139
Palestine grid143/148
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 10, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total2,808 dunams (2.808 km2 or 1.084 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total410[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesKfar Daniel[5][6]

Daniyal (Arabic: دانيال) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by the Yiftach Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani. It was located 5 km east of Ramla and southeast of Lydda.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 216
  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. 66
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #232. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 374
  6. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi settlement #73