Khirbat al-Duhayriyya خربة الظهيرية | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: The ruin of the ridge[1] | |
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  Khirbat al-Duhayriyya Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:31°56′46″N34°56′03″E / 31.94611°N 34.93417°E /31.94611; 34.93417 | |
| Palestine grid | 144/150 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,341dunams (1.341 km2; 0.518 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 100[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault byYishuv forces |
Khirbat al-Duhayriyya (Arabic: خربة الظهيرية) was aPalestinian Arab village in theRamle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by theGivati Brigade under the first phase ofOperation Dani. It was located 6 km northeast ofRamla.
In 1874Clermont-Ganneau noted the site, calledKh. edh Dh'heiriyeh, located about half an hour east ofLydda.[5]
In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine found atKhurbet edh Dhaheriyeh: "Foundations of buildings, apparently modern. Ruinedkubbeh."[6]
By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from neighbouringNi'lin settled the site, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village.[7]
At the time of the1931 census, the village, calledEz Zuheiriya, had 10 occupied houses and a population of 69 inhabitants, allMuslims.[8]
In the1945 statistics the village had a population of 100 Muslims.[2] The total land area was 1,341dunams,[3] of this, a total of 1,224 dunums were used for cereals, 66 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations,[9] while 351 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[10]
Khirbat al-Duhayriyya was depopulated on July 10, 1948.[4]
In 1992 the village site was described: "The walls of some ten houses still stand. Otherwise, the village has been reduces to piles of stone rubble interspersed withfig,doum palm, andalmond trees, along with thickets of thorn and wild vegetation. The site is fenced in and serves as pasture for animals. Cactuses grow along the northern and southern sides of the site."[11]
