Kafr 'Ana

Kafr 'Ana
كفرعانة
Kafar Ana
Ruins of the mosque of Kafr 'Ana
Ruins of the mosque of Kafr 'Ana
Etymology: The village of Ana[1]
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Kafr 'Ana is located in Mandatory Palestine
Kafr 'Ana
Kafr 'Ana
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°1′28″N 34°52′7″E / 32.02444°N 34.86861°E / 32.02444; 34.86861
Palestine grid137/159
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJaffa
Date of depopulationApril 25, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total17,553 dunams (17.553 km2 or 6.777 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total3,020[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesNeve Monosson[5] Yagel[5] Or Yehuda[6]

Kafr 'Ana (Arabic: كفرعانة, also: Kofr Ana) was a Palestinian town located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) east of Jaffa, built on the ancient site of Ono. In 1945, the town had an estimated population of 2,800 Arabs and 220 Jews. The village was captured by the Haganah in April during the 1948 Palestine war. A number of Palestinian villagers were killed and the rest fled or were expelled, whereafter the village was destroyed.[7] Today, the old village site lies within the modern Israeli city of Or Yehuda.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 215
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 27
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 52
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #218. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Khalidi248 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Volynsky and Arbel (2015)
  7. ^ HGS\Operations to Alexandroni, etc., "Orders for Operation "Hametz", 26 April 1948. IDFA 6647\49\\15. Cited in Morris, 2004, pp. 217, 286