Abu al-Fadl, Ramle
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| Arabic | أبو الفضل/السطرية |
| Also spelled | al-Satariyya |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°56′36.55″N 34°50′53.20″E / 31.9434861°N 34.8481111°ECoordinates: 31°56′36.55″N 34°50′53.20″E / 31.9434861°N 34.8481111°E |
| Palestine grid | 135/150 |
| Population | 510 (1945) |
| Area | 2,870 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 9 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current localities | Sitria |
Abu al-Fadl (Arabic: أبو الفضل/السطرية) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict, about 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Ramla in, what was until 1948, Mandatory Palestine. The village was also known as al-Satariyya. In 1945/44, the village had a population of 510.
The village land was owned by the Islamic waqf of Fadl ibn Abbas, possibly a cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, after whom the village was named. In the Palestine Index Gazetteer, Abu al-Fadl was classified as a hamlet.
At the time of the 1931 census, Abu Kishk had a population of 1565 residents, all Muslims. (Noted under the name of Es Sautariya).
In 1944/45 the village had a population of 510 Muslims. A total of 818 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 1,035 dunums were used for cereals, and 822 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.
In February 1948 it was reported that ten Arabs, one of them a woman, were murdered ("probably") by IZL gunmen, in a grove, where they apparently worked, near the village. This was one of the massacres of Palestinian civilians which was said to "erode Arab morale".
The villagers probably left their homes in the second week of May 1948 during Operation Barak. This campaign was undertaken by the Givati Brigade commanded by Shimon Avidan; its objective was to clear the villages south of Tel Aviv and "cause a wandering of the inhabitants of the smaller settlements in the area". Each ground assault started with a mortar bombardment, followed by the expulsion of the remaining residents and the demolition of houses.
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