Mughallis

Mughallis

مٌغلّس
Mughallis مٌغلّس
Village
	Etymology: Coming to water at the morning twilight, or making a raid at that time.
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Mughallis (click the buttons)
	Mughallis Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°43′45″N 34°52′57″E / 31.72917°N 34.88250°E
Palestine grid	139/126
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Hebron
Date of depopulation	July 9–10, 1948
Area
• Total	11,459 dunams (11.459 km2 or 4.424 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	540]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Gefen

Mughallis (Arabic: مٌغلّس) was a Palestinian Arab village located 30.5 kilometers (19.0 mi) northwest of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9–10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, #271. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 220

Mughallis مٌغلّس
Village
Etymology: Coming to water at the morning twilight, or making a raid at that time.^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Mughallis (click the buttons)
Mughallis Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°43′45″N 34°52′57″E / 31.72917°N 34.88250°E / 31.72917; 34.88250
Palestine grid	139/126
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Hebron
Date of depopulation	July 9–10, 1948^[4]
Area
• Total	11,459 dunams (11.459 km² or 4.424 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	540^[2]]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Gefen^[5]