Dayr al-Hawa

Dayr al-Hawa دير الهوا
Etymology: The Monastery of the Wind[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr al-Hawa (click the buttons)
Dayr al-Hawa Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°45′05″N 35°02′14″E / 31.75139°N 35.03722°E / 31.75139; 35.03722
Palestine grid	153/128
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	October 19–20, 1948[5]
Area
• Total	5,907 dunams (5.907 km2 or 2.281 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	60[2][3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Dayr al-Hawa (Arabic: دير الهوا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 19, 1948, by the Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.