Kasla, Jerusalem

Kasla
كسلا
Kasla was located on the top of the hill
Kasla was located on the top of the hill
Etymology: from personal name[1]
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Kasla is located in Mandatory Palestine
Kasla
Kasla
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′52″N 35°03′04″E / 31.78111°N 35.05111°E / 31.78111; 35.05111
Palestine grid154/132
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationJuly 17–18, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total8,004 dunams (8.004 km2 or 3.090 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total280[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesRamat Raziel,[5] Ksalon[5]

Kasla was a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 17, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 17 km west of Jerusalem.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 298
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village No. 338. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 299