Al-Batani al-Gharbi
البطاني الغربي | |
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| Etymology: The western Butani[1] | |
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  Al-Batani al-Gharbi Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°45′29″N 34°41′58″E / 31.75806°N 34.69944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 121/129 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 13, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,574 dunams (4.574 km2 or 1.766 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 980[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Batani al-Gharbi was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 13, 1948, by the Giv'ati Brigade under Operation Barak. It was located 36 km (22 mi) northeast of Gaza.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 267
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #279, Also gives cause of depopulation, with "?"