Al-Dawayima

al-Dawayima' was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

al-Dawayima
District	District of Hebron
Location	18 km northwest of Hebron
Israeli occupation date	October 29, 1948
Israeli military operation	Operation Ya'ov
Israeli attacking brigade	Eighty-Ninth Battalion of Eight Brigade
Remaining population after occupation	0
Remaining structures after occupation	One house
Population	1596 1931 1945 n/a 2,688 3,710
Number of houses	1931: 559
Historical names	Caananite name Bozqat or Bosqat Roman name n/a Crusader name n/a
Israeli settlement(s)	Amatzya
Public structures	A mosque

See also

• List of destroyed villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
• al-Dawayima massacre

External Links & References

• http://www.palestineremembered.com/Hebron/al-Dawayima/index.html