Mughallis

Mughallis
مٌغلّس
Village
Etymology: Coming to water at the morning twilight, or making a raid at that time.[1]
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Mughallis is located in Mandatory Palestine
Mughallis
Mughallis
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°43′45″N 34°52′57″E / 31.72917°N 34.88250°E / 31.72917; 34.88250
Palestine grid139/126
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHebron
Date of depopulationJuly 9–10, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total11,459 dunams (11.459 km2 or 4.424 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total540[2]][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesGefen[5]

Mughallis (Arabic: مٌغلّس) was a Palestinian Arab village located 30.5 kilometers (19.0 mi) northwest of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9–10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, #271. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 220