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💥 War & expulsion

Al-Batani al-Gharbi

Vanished settlement · Israel

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
31.758, 34.699
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Why it was abandoned

💥 War & expulsion

Detected automatically from the text: Palestinian village in Gaza subdistrict, depopulated in 1948

History

Al-Batani al-Gharbi was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 13, 1948, by the Giv'ati Brigade under Operation Barak. It was located 36 km (22 mi) northeast of Gaza.

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