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Umm Kalkha

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Arabic
  
اُم كلخة

Palestine grid
  
137/135

Local time
  
Friday 7:35 AM

Date of depopulation
  
7 April 1948

Subdistrict
  
Ramle

Current localities
  
Yesodot

Current locality
  
Yesodot

Umm Kalkha

Name meaning
  
Khurbet Umm Kelkhah; The ruin of kelkha (a plant like fennel)

Weather
  
12°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 84% Humidity

Umm Kalkha was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948 during Operation Nachshon. It was located 12.5 km south of Ramla, situated on the northern banks of Wadi al-Sarar.

History

According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Umm Kalkha had 24 inhabitants, in 6 houses.

In 1945, it had a population of 60 Muslims.

References

Umm Kalkha Wikipedia