‘Artuf

The village of Artuf was located approximately 21.5 kilometers from Jerusalem. It stood on a gently elevated hill, surrounded by plains to the south, east, and west. A secondary road connected the village to the main road leading to Jerusalem.

By the late 19th century, Artuf was a small village situated on a low hill overlooking a valley. Most of its houses were built of stone and mud, although some were constructed using stone and cement, with domed roofs. During the British Mandate, the authorities established a fortified police station about one kilometer west of Artuf, with a railway station located just behind it. The village also had a primary school. To the southwest of the village, there was a small Zionist settlement known as Hartuv.

Artuf was one of three villages punished by the British authorities in late March, following an Arab attack on the adjacent Jewish colony of Hartuv. A New York Times correspondent reported that nearly all of the residents were evacuated. However, this evacuation was temporary, and the residents soon returned to their homes.

The final depopulation of Artuf occurred in mid-July. The village was occupied during the second phase of Operation Dani by the Fourth Battalion of the Harel Brigade, during the night of 17–18 July 1948.

In 1895, Zionists had revived the colony of Hartuv (later known as Kfar Avodat Hartuv) on the lands of Artuf. However, the colony was abandoned several times. In 1950, the settlement of Naham was established on the ruins of both Artuf village and the Zionist colony of Hartuv.