Dayshum
ديشوم Dayshum, Deishum | |
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![]() Ruins of Dayshum | |
Etymology: personal name[1] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Dayshum (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°04′42″N 35°30′34″E / 33.07833°N 35.50944°E | |
Palestine grid | 197/276 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Safad |
Date of depopulation | 30 October 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 23,044 dunams (23.044 km2 or 8.897 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 590[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Dishon[5][6] |
Dayshum (Arabic: ديشوم, romanized: Dayshūm), also known by its variant name Dayshun was a Palestinian village, depopulated on 30 October 1948 by the Sheva Brigade of Israeli paramilitary force Palmach in an offensive called Operation Hiram, where the village has been destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
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