Arabic خربة أمْ برج' Palestine grid 147/115 Date of depopulation Not known Local time Monday 7:33 AM | Population 140 (1945) Current locality Nehusha | |
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Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 85% Humidity | ||
Khirbat Umm Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 28, 1948 during the Third stage of Operation Yo'av under the command of Yigal Allon. It was located 17 km northwest of Hebron.
In 1945 it had a population of 140. The villagers used to obtain drinking water from three wells on the northern outskirts of the village.
Today, the site lies in the Adullam-France Park.
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Khirbat Umm Burj Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA