Deir Yassin

Deir Yassin دير ياسين Dayr Yasin
Deir Yassin today, part of the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center
Etymology: "Monastery of [Sheikh] Yassin"[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Deir Yassin (click the buttons)
Deir Yassin Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°47′9″N 35°10′41″E / 31.78583°N 35.17806°E / 31.78583; 35.17806
Palestine grid	167/132
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	April 9–10, 1948[3]
Area
• Total	2,857 dunams (2.6 km2 or 1.0 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	610[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Givat Shaul Beth and Har Nof neighborhoods of Jerusalem

Deir Yassin (Arabic: دير ياسين, romanized: Dayr Yāsīn) was a Palestinian Arab village of around 600 inhabitants about 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Jerusalem. Deir Yassin declared its neutrality during the 1948 Palestine war between Arabs and Jews. The village was razed after a massacre of around 107 of its Arab residents on April 9, 1948, by the Jewish paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi. The village buildings are today part of the Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center, an Israeli public psychiatric hospital.