Saris, Jerusalem

Saris ساريس
Landscape near Saris, on a 1587 print by Jean Zuallart[1]
Etymology: Saris, personal name[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Saris, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
Saris Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°47′53″N 35°04′26″E / 31.79806°N 35.07389°E / 31.79806; 35.07389
Palestine grid	157/133
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	16–17 April 1948[5]
Area [4]
• Total	10,699 dunams (10.699 km2 or 4.131 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	560[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shoresh, Sho'eva, Neve Ilan

Saris (Arabic: ساريس) was a Palestinian Arab village that was depopulated during the major offensive launched by the Haganah on 16 April 1948. Called Operation Nachshon, and launched before the British had left Palestine, its objective was to capture villages between Jerusalem and the coastal plain, in order to break to siege of the Jews of Jerusalem.^[6]