Bayt Nattif
بيت نتّيف | |
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Etymology: The house of Nettif[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°41′32″N 34°59′40″E / 31.69222°N 34.99444°E | |
Palestine grid | 149/122 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Hebron |
Date of depopulation | October 21, 1948[2] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,150 |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Netiv HaLamed-Heh,[3] Aviezer,[3] Neve Michael[3] |
Bayt Nattif or Beit Nattif (Arabic: بيت نتّيف, Hebrew: בית נטיף and בית נתיף alternatively) was a Palestinian Arab village, located some 20 kilometers (straight line distance) southwest of Jerusalem, midway on the ancient Roman road between Beit Guvrin and Jerusalem, and 21 km northwest of Hebron.[4] The village lay nestled on a hilltop, surrounded by olive groves and almonds, with woodlands of oak and carobs overlooking Wadi es-Sunt (the Elah Valley) to its south.[4] It contained several shrines, including a notable one dedicated to al-Shaykh Ibrahim.[4] Roughly a dozen khirbas (deserted, ruined settlements) lay in the vicinity.[4]
During the British Mandate it was part of the Hebron Subdistrict. Bayt Nattif was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 21, 1948 under Operation Ha-Har.[4]