Deir Abu Da'if

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Deir Abu Da'if (Arabic: دير ابو ضعيف) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 6 km east of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.

[1][3] The village, not mentioned in 16th century tax records, was likely established in the modern era, with its settlers coming from Hebron.

[5] The nearby village of 'Abba, deserted after the 16th century, is now settled by people from Deir Abu Daif.

[7] In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Shafa al-Qibly.

[8] In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it: "A small village near the edge of the hills, on rising ground.