Al-Khayriyya
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| Arabic | الخيْريّة |
| Also spelled | el-Kheiriyah, Kheiriya |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Coordinates | 32°2′14″N 34°49′41″E / 32.03722°N 34.82806°ECoordinates: 32°2′14″N 34°49′41″E / 32.03722°N 34.82806°E |
| Palestine grid | 133/160 |
| Population | 1420 (1945) |
| Area | 13,672 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 25 April 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Ramat Pinkas |
Al-Khayriyya (Arabic: الخيْريّة) was a Palestinian Arab village located 7.5 kilometers east of Jaffa. Its inhabitants fled in April 1948 as a result of a military assault by the Alexandroni Brigade of the pre-state Israeli forces during the 1948 Palestine war. The village lands would later be used by Israel as the Hiriya landfill.
At the time of Assyrian rule in Palestine, al-Khayriyya was known as Banai Berka and during Roman rule, it was known as by Beneberak. Late Roman and Byzantine ceramics have been found in the area. In 938/9 a sanctuary was constructed in Al-Khayriyya, on the orders of the Qadi of Damascus. During the Crusader era it was known as Bombrac, mentioned in 1191 in the Itinerarium Regis Ricardi of King Richard I of England.
In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 the village, called Hayriyya, appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the nahiya of Ramla (liwa´ of Gaza), with a population of 154. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, fruits and sesame, as well as on other types of property, such as goats, beehives and vineyards. All the villagers were Muslim.
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