Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 28, 1948
Distance from district center	31 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	425 (meters)
Map location	See location number #12 on the map
Israeli military operation	Third stage of Operation Yo'av (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Umm al-Burg was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Umm al-Burg was completely ethnically cleansed between November and April, 1949 (see Zakariyya for more details).
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 13,079 Jewish 0 Public 4 Total 13,083
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 28 Area planted w/ olives 33 Planted W/ Cereal 3,546 Built up 15 Cultivable 3,574 Non-Cultivable 9,494
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 140 1948 162 Est. Refugees 1998 997
Number of houses	In (1931): 26
Town's name through history	Umm al-Burg may have been named after the tower which was built in its center during the Roman period.
Water supplies	The villagers used to obtain drinking water from three wells on the northern parts of the village.
Archeological sites	Umm al-Burg contains at least twenty khirbas in its lands, many of which dates to the Romans period.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Nechusha
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 crumbled houses that remain are attached to each other. Their windows and Goors are clearly visible, although the roofs and sections of the walls are gone. A large arch stands amidst these remnants of houses. A large deserted structure (which formerly housed an irrigation pump) stands at the foot of the hill, on the western side of the village. It has an entrance on its eastern side."

• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Yihya al-Shathili