Al-Khunayzir
الخنيزر 'Arab al Khuneizir[1] | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Tell el Khaneizîr, the mound of the swine[2] | |
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  Al-Khunayzir Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°25′17″N 35°31′20″E / 32.42139°N 35.52222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 199/203 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | May 20, 1948[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,107 dunams (3.107 km2 or 1.200 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 260[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall[1] |
| Current Localities | Tirat Zvi[5] |
Al-Khunayzir (Arabic: الخنيزر), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 20, 1948.
- ^ a b c Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #131. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 169
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 54
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