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Al-Kunayyisa
Sign in to saveAl-Kunayyisa (Arabic: الكنيسة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.
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- Locality
- מודיעין-מכבים-רעות
- Region
- מחוז המרכז
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 956
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Ramle Subdistrict
- Population
- 40
- Area
- 3872
- Elevation
- 175
- Image
- Nehes mechet.JPG
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Al-Kunayyisa (Arabic: الكنيسة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.
== Etymology == The name of the site, variously rendered al-Kunaysah /li-Knaysi/ is of Arabic origin and means "the little church". The name probably refers to the remains of an ancient building on the upper part of the mound.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Kunayyisa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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