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| al-Bira District of Baysan البيرة - אל-בירה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 16, 1948
Distance from district center
7.5 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea
150 (meters)
Map location
See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade
Most likely by Golani Brigades
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Bira was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Bira inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,853
Jewish
0
Public
2,013
Total
6,866
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
48
Area planted w/ olives
120
Planted W/ Cereal
4,681
Built up
52
Cultivable
4,729
Non-Cultivable
2,085
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
297
1922
200
1931
220
1945
260
1948
302
Est. Refugees 1998
1,852
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
53
1948
72
Town's name through history
al-Bira was known by Beer in the Old Testament, and the Crusaders referred to it by Loberium.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The only remains of the village are the walls of houses."
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