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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 22, 1948
Distance from district center	25 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #11 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giva'ti Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kudna inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,607 Jewish 0 Public 4,137 Total 15,744
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 825 Area planted w/ olives 670 Planted W/ Cereal 6,505 Built up 15 Cultivable 7,330 Non-Cultivable 8,399
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 281 1931 353 1945 450 1948 522 Est. Refugees 1998 3,206
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 75 1948 110
Town's name through history	Kudna was known to the Crusades by Kidna.
Archeological sites	Kudna contains remnants of a Crusade fort, the foundations of buildings, previously inhabited caves, cisterns, and about a dozen khirbas lay in the village vicinity.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beyt Nir
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:
"The houses have been reduced to levelled debris hidden beneath an overgrowth of wild vegetation. One can see the stones that served as fences for home gardens."

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

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
DR .MOHAMMAD HIJAZI KHALIL	KHALIL خليل	USA,NEW JERSEY, GARFIELD CITY
عبد المحسن	-	الزرقاء
حسن الشدفان	الشدفان	عمان, الاردن
abo habeb	-	دورا
Adel Al Qeisi	Al Qeisi	Abu Dhabi, UAE
Al Qeisi	Al Qeisi	Irbid, Jordan
ahmad hassan alshadfan	alshadfan	jordan...marj alhamam
رائد الشدفان	-	uea
ابن عليان	عليان	عمان, الاردن
بوطارق	elian	-
حسام دية	دية	الدوحة, فلسطين
A'fattah Shadfan	Shadfan	Sharjah, UAE
عزيز الشدفان	الشدفان	AMMAN
احمد فخري الشدفان	الشدفان	عمان
Amro Alshadfan	-	-
abu essam	-	Jordan, jordan
RAMI F. SHADFAN	AL-SHADFAN	-
Osama Shadfan	Shadfan	-
abdelhameed shadfan	shadfan	Amman, Jordan
Ziad Shadfan	-	JORDAN, JORDAN
Raed Tafesh	Tafesh	Jeddah, Saudia Arabia
Ibrahim Shadfan	Al Shadfan	Riyadh, KSA
عليان	عليان	الرصيفة, الاردن
Jebreel Ullian	ullian	-
ابراهيم عبد الفتاح	alshadfan	amman, amman
MOHAMMED HISHAM	alshadfan	TABUK, SAUDIA ARABIA
RAKAN HISHAM	alshadfan	sa, SAUDIA ARABIA
HISHAM ALSHADFAN	alshadfan	TABUK, Saudi Arabia
Tafish	-	-
Hasan	Tafesh	Jordan
ابو احمد الشدفان	الشدفان	-

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