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| Bayt Daras District of Gaza بيت دراس - בית דראס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 11, 1948
Distance from district center
32 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #11 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders
Sudanese Army soldiers.
Israeli acts of terror
Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBayt Daras inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
15,896
Jewish
0
Public
461
Total
16,357
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
832
Irrigated & Plantation
472
Planted W/ Cereal
14,438
Built up
88
Cultivable
15,742
Non-Cultivable
527
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
319
1922
1,670
1931
1,804
1945
2,750
1948
3,190
Est. Refugees 1998
19,590
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
401
1948
709
Schools
Bayt Daras had an elementary school which was founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 234 students.
Religious institutions
Two mosques
Archeological sites
The village contained stone foundations and vaulted rooms.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
'Azriqam, Emunim, and Khirbat 'Awda
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The only remains of village buildings are the foundation of one house and some scattered rubble. At least one of the old streets is clearly recognizable"
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| ابومحمود | المقادمة | عمان, الاردن |
| الحوت | ابو شمالة | قطاع غزة, فلسطين |
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| أبو المعتصم | عابد | غزة, فلسطيني |
| عمار | أبو شمالة | بيت دراس, النمسا |
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