Daniyal
Daniyal was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict that was located 5 km east of Ramla and southeast of Lydda. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by the Yiftach Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani, as part of the broader 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and Nakba.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Daniel”, “Dāniyāl”, “Daniyel”, “Danyal”, “Kefar Daniel”, “Kefar Daniyyel”, and “KfarDaniyyel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ayalon Cave and Church of Saint George.
Ayalon Cave
Cave
Photo: חובב אפלולית, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ayalon Cave is a large limestone cave near Ramla, Israel, with a worldwide unique ecosystem. As photosynthesis is not possible inside the completely dark cave, the food chain that developed inside is solely based on bacteria capable of chemosynthesis: the… Ayalon Cave is situated 3 km south of Daniyal.
Church of Saint George
Church
The Church of Saint George is a Greek Orthodox church, located in the city of Lod, Israel. The church contains a sarcophagus venerated as the tomb of the fourth-century Christian martyr Saint George. Church of Saint George is situated 3½ km northwest of Daniyal.
Lod Mosaic
Archaeological site
The Lod Mosaic is a mosaic floor dated to ca. 300 CE discovered in 1996 in the Israeli town of Lod. Believed to have been created for a private villa, it is one of the largest and best-preserved mosaic floors uncovered in the country. Lod Mosaic is situated 3½ km northwest of Daniyal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kfar Daniel and Gimzo.
Kfar Daniel
Village
Photo: Rav, Public domain.
Kfar Daniel is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located around four kilometres south-east of Lod and covering 2,900 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 630.
Gimzo
Village
Photo: Avi1111, Public domain.
Gimzo is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located between Lod and Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,155.
Ben Shemen
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ben Shemen is a moshav in central Israel. Located around four kilometres east of Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 850.
Daniyal
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Daniyal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دانيال”
- Hebrew: “Kfar Daniyyel”
- Hebrew: “דאניאל”
- Hebrew: “כפר דניאל”
- Hindi: “दानियाल”
- Indonesian: “Daniyal (Palestina)”
- Indonesian: “Daniyal”
- Polish: “Danijal”
- Urdu: “دانیال، رملہ”
- Vietnamese: “Dhanyal, Bijapur”
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