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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 22, 1948
Distance from district center	26 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #8 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Refugees' migration route	Many of the refugees headed for the Hebron hills.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Ra'na was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Ra'na inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,923 Jewish 0 Public 2 Total 6,925
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 112 Area planted w/ olives 146 Planted W/ Cereal 5,882 Built up 14 Cultivable 5,994 Non-Cultivable 917
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 126 1931 150 1945 190 1948 220 Est. Refugees 1998 1,354
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 36 1948 52
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Gal-On
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 site is fenced in with barbed wire and is overgrown in part by cactuses, especially where there is limestone soil, and by carob trees. No houses or rubble remains."

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Clan/Hamolah

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