| Occupation Date |
May 19, 1948 |
| Distance From District |
28 (km) North East of Safad |
| Elevation |
75 (meters) |
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details |
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| Map Location |
See location #14 on the mapView from satellite |
| Military Operation |
Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon) |
| Attacking Units |
The Palmach's First Battalion |
| Exodus Cause |
Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare) |
| Village Temains |
Mostly destroyed with the exception of few stone houses |
| Ethnically Cleansing |
Mostly ethnically cleansed as a result of a campaign of psychological warfare on the 19th of May 1948. Completely ethnical cleansed in June 1949 |
| Pre-NakbaLand Ownership |
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)* Arab 4,682 Jewish 183 Public 525 **Total 5,390 *Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics **Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
| Land UsageAs of 1945 |
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)* Citrus Groves 19 0 Irrigated & Plantation 4,465 183 Planted W/ Cereal 44 0 Built up 93 0 Arable 4,528 183 Non-Arable 586 0 *Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics |
| Population |
Year Population* 1931 824 1945 940 1948 1,090 Est. Refugees 1998 6,696 *Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics |
| Number of Houses |
Year Number of Houses 1931 163 1948 215 |
| Nearby Wadies & Rivers |
The village was bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers |
| Exculsive Jewish ColoniesWho Usurped Village Lands |
Kefar Blum and Beyt Hillel are near by village lands |
| Village Today According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are: Only a few stones from the old village are still visible. The surrounding land is cultivated, except for a small section that contains stone rubble and is overgrown with thorny plants and eucalyptus trees |
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| Related Maps |
Town Lands' Demarcation Mapsخرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاوديةTown's map on MapQuestView from satelliteHelp us map this town at WikiMapia |
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