Khirbat al-'Umur
Khirbat al-'Umur was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war by the Har'el Brigade during Operation Ha-Har. It was 12 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi al-Ghadir.
Khirbat al-'Umur
خربة العمور chirbet el-'amur | |
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To the left are the remains of the village (in the forest clearing on the spur), above the riverbed. Up the riverbed is the village spring and the villages of Ein Rafa and Ein Nakuba. | |
| Etymology: from Amorite | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-'Umur (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat al-'Umur Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°47′37″N 35°05′56″E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/133 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | October 21, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,163 dunams (4.163 km2 or 1.607 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 270 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Giv'at Ye'arim |
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