| Al-Batani al-Gharbi | |
| Arabic | |
| District | Gaza |
| Population | 980 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | May 13, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Batani al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 13, 1948 by the Giv'ati Brigade under Operation Barak. It was located 36 km northeast of Gaza.
The population in 1945 was 980. al-Batani al-Gharbi had an elementary school for boys founded in 1947, and it had an initial enrollment of 119 students. The village had one mosque.
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