This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa (Arabic: دير العسل الفوقا) is a Palestinian town located sixteen kilometers west of Hebron.The town is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank.

[3] In 1838, a Deir el-'Asl was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted," part of the area between the mountains and Gaza, but subject to the government of el-Khulil.

There were ruined houses at each step he walked, and he found cisterns, silos and underground stores, dug into the rock, "probably dating back to ancient times".

[6] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Palestine found here "foundations, and heaps of stones, caves, cisterns, and a ruined chapel, apparently Byzantine.

When they tried to escape, the soldiers shot towards a-Shawamreh's leg but mistakenly hit his waist, causing his death.