Khirbat Ism Allah

Khirbat Ism Allah خربة إسم الله
Village
Etymology: Kh. Ism Allah, the ruin of the name of God[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Ism Allah (click the buttons)
Khirbat Ism Allah Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′59″N 34°57′19″E / 31.78306°N 34.95528°E / 31.78306; 34.95528
Palestine grid	145/132
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 17, 1948
Area
• Total	568 dunams (56.8 ha or 140 acres)
Population  (1945)
• Total	20[2][3]

Khirbat Ism Allah was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located 26 km west of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 17, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Dani. Khirbat Ism Allah was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses.