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Bayt Mahsir

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Bayt Mahsir (Arabic: بيت محسير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 10, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Makkabi. It was located 9 km west of Jerusalem.

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Bayt Mahsir
HaTeena, Mate Yehuda Regional Council

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HaTeena
Mate Yehuda Regional Council
Jerusalem District, Israel
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