Subdistrict Jerusalem Population 40 (1945) Date of depopulation July 13–14, 1948 | Palestine grid 157/129 Area 5,522 dunams Local time Tuesday 12:05 AM | |
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Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces Weather 17°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 22% Humidity | ||
Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.
A British anthropologist, writing in 1932, reported that there was a group of Sidr trees north east of the village believed to be protected by spirits.
In 1945, it had a population of 40 Muslims. 'Aqqur had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman.
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