Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 29, 1948
Distance from district center	18 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	350 (meters)
Map location	See location number #16 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Ya'ov (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon).
Israeli attacking brigade	Eighty-Ninth Battalion of Eighth Brigade, commanded by General Yitzchaq Sadeh, the founder of the Palmach.
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Israeli acts of terror	On October 29th, 1948, al-Dawayima was the site of one of the larger, little-known massacres of the war. Over 100 people ,including women and children, were massacred and buried in a village well, see Stories and Memories section for details.
Refugees' migration route	Many refugees headed for the Hebron hills, and some stayed in the nearby caves for some time.
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Dawayima was completely obliterated with the exception of one village house.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Dawayima inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 60,560 Jewish 0 Public 25 Total 60,585
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,206 Area planted w/ olives 1,952 Planted W/ Cereal 29,191 Built up 179 Cultivable 30,397 Non-Cultivable 30,009
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 2,441 1931 2,688 1945 3,710 1948 4,304 Est. Refugees 1998 26,429
Number of houses	In (1931): 559 (includes four adjacent khirbas)
Town's name through history	In the Old Testament, al-Dawayima was identified with Bozqat or Bosqat.
Religious institutions	al-Dawayima had a mosque, Darawish Mosque, which was maintained by the followers of al-Tariqa al-khalwatiyya, a Sufi mystic order founded by Shaykh 'Umar al-Khalwati, who died in 1397. In the 1930s, the villagers added a tall minaret to the Mosque.
Shrines/maqams	The village contained several religious shrines, chief among them was dedicated to al-Shaykh 'Ali.
Nearby wadies & rivers	To the north, the village overlooks Wadi Qubayba.
Water supplies	In the 1940s, the villagers drilled three new artesian wells, and they also dug numerous cisterns for collecting rainwater.
Archeological sites	A large number of khirbas lay nearby the village.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Amatzya
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalid :-
"The site has been fenced in. A cowshed, a chicken coop, and granaries have been built at its center (which has been levelled). The southern side of the site contains stone terraces and the remnants of a house. The eastern side is occupied by the residential area of the moshav."

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