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| al-Sarkas, Khirbat District of Haifa خربة السركس - ח'ירבת א-סרכס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Israeli occupation date
April 15, 1948
Distance from district center
42 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #50 on the map
Israeli military operation
Most likely Coastal Clearing
Refugees' migration route
Many of the villagers were expelled to Tulkarm area, many are still living there and are known by el-Sharkas.
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely defaced
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Sarkas, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
383
1948
751
Est. Refugees 1998
4,609
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
80
1948
156
Inhabitants place of origin
Khirbat al-Sarkas was founded by Circassians from Russia who have been cleansed from their country by the Rassian Czarist armies in the 19th century.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Gan Shemu'el & Talmey EI'azar
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Cactuses and spikes of grain are scattered across the site; there are no traces of any landmarks or houses."
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