Dayr Abu Salama

Dayr Abu Salama دير أبو سلامة
Village
Watchtower and amphitheater in Ben Shemen forest, constructed out of stones from Dayr Abu Salama houses
Etymology: the monastery of Abu Selâmeh[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Abu Salama (click the buttons)
Dayr Abu Salama Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°56′57″N 34°57′25″E / 31.94917°N 34.95694°E / 31.94917; 34.95694
Palestine grid	146/150
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 13, 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	1,195 dunams (1.195 km2 or 295 acres)
Population  (1945)
• Total	60[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Dayr Abu Salama (Arabic: دير ابو سلامة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 8 km northeast of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 13, 1948, in the first phase of Operation Dani.