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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	November 4, 1948
Distance from district center	24 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #13 on the map
Israeli military operation	Third stage of the Israeli army's Operation Yo'av.
Israeli attacking brigade	Giva'ti Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Hamama inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 26,855 Jewish 1,693 Public 12,818 Total 41,366
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 961 395 Irrigated & Plantation 4,325 134 Planted W/ Cereal 27,726 1,164 Built up 167 0 Cultivable 33,012 1,693 Non-Cultivable 6,494 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 462 1922 2,731 1931 3,405 1945 5,070 (60 Jewish) 1948 5,812 Est. Refugees 1998 35,689
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 865 1948 1476
Town's name through history	During Byzantine period Hamama was known by Peleia.
Schools	Hamama had two elementary schools:- the 1st was a school for boys which was founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 338 boys; and the 2nd school was for girls which was founded in 1946 and it had enrollment of 46 girls.
Local council	The village had council which administered its local affairs.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Archeological sites	The village contained Khirbat Khawr al-Bayk and Khirbat Shaykh 'Awad.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Nitzanim, Nitzanim-Kefar ha-No'ar, Beyt 'Ezra, & Eshkolot
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No traces of village houses or landmarks remain"

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
الهباش	الهباش	جدة, السعودية
اسامه عبد الباري	عبد الباري	غزه , فلسطين
Moneer ELalawi	ELALAWI-	Vic, Australia
al3sqlne	-	خانيونس
ايمن مقداد	مقداد	-
MOHAMMAD ABUFOUL	kalalbah	-
محمد محيسن	-	-
salah eldanaf	eldanaf	-
نبيل محمد عاشور محيسن	محيسن	مكة/المملكة العربية السعودية, مكة/المملكة العربية السعودية
TAMER ABDEBARI	عبدالباري	-
اسماعيل دحلان	دحلان	الرياض, السعودية
أحمد سعيد مقداد	مقداد	الرياض, السعودية
searcher	alnajjar	gaza, palestine
راويه الخواجه	الخواجه	-
معتصم مقداد	مقداد	الوكرة, قطر
نادر	hgpskd	riyadh, saudi arabia
أحمد شحادة	شحـــــادة	غــزة, فلسطيـن
hamouda	حمودة	دبي, الامارات
Khaled Eissa	Abu-Arquob	Gaza Strip, Palestine
العمري	Alomary	Manchester, UK
Monther Abusultan	Abu Sultan	MT, USA
Moh'd	Kalalba	Slovakia EU
Muhannad AboSultan	AboSultan	Slovakia
Mohd_Miqdad	hamama	Jordan, Jordan
ali miqdad	-	amman, jordan
Bader Elshareif	Shareif/Khawaja	-
Abu Riala	Aburiala	gaza, Palestine
gehan	alkoka	egypt
Eyad Radwan	-	Tayef, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed dahman abusultan	abualwalid	sweden, sweden
ALI ALKOKA	KALALBEH	TN, USA
nidal	awad	-
Islam Inshassi	inshassi	amman, Palestine
Obai Radwan	Radwan	Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ayman Abu-Nabhan	Kalaleba	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Kaoud	-	-
ALI LARKEM	-	ALGERIA, ALGERIA
Hatem Ezz Eddin	Abu-Arqoub	Abha, KSA
Ahmed Abu Safia	Shwam	Quebec, Canada
Hassan Shaaban Abu Sultan	Abu Sultan	Gaza, Palestine
Yaser Ezz Eddin	Abu Arqoub	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abu Saleh	Shehada	Egypt, Egypt
muhdi	Enshassi	-

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