Dayr Ayyub

This article is about the former Palestinian village. For the place in Syria, see Al-Shaykh Saad.
Dayr Ayyub
دير أيوب
Etymology: the monastery of Job[1]
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Dayr Ayyub is located in Mandatory Palestine
Dayr Ayyub
Dayr Ayyub
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°49′38″N 35°01′06.45″E / 31.82722°N 35.0184583°E / 31.82722; 35.0184583
Palestine grid151/137
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationApril, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
4,500 dunams (4.5 km2 or 1.7 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
320[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesCanada Park

Dayr Ayyub (Arabic: دير أيوب) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 6, 1948 by the Givati and Sheva' brigades of Operation Nachshon. It was located 17.5 km southeast of Ramla, situated close to Bab al-Wad. On attack, the village was defended by the Jordanian Army but was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses and the village cemetery.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 293
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, 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. xx, village #337. Also gives cause of depopulation