Bayt Nattif

Bayt Nattif بيت نتّيف
Bayt Nattif 1948, after occupation
Etymology: The house of Nettif[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Nattif (click the buttons)
Bayt Nattif Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°41′32″N 34°59′40″E / 31.69222°N 34.99444°E / 31.69222; 34.99444
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]