Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 18, 1948
Distance from district center	25 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	350 (meters)
Map location	See location number #14 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el's Fourth Battalion
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Sar'a was destroyed some time in 1949 to make room for the settlement of Tzor'a. Currently, the village site has been completely defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Sar'a inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,964 Jewish 0 Public 3 Total 4,967
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 194 Area planted w/ olives 115 Planted W/ Cereal 2,979 Built up 16 Cultivable 3,173 Non-Cultivable 1,778
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 94 19th century 400 1922 205 1931 271 1945 340 1948 394 Est. Refugees 1998 2,422
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 65 1948 94
Town's name through history	The Canaanites referred to Sar'a by the city of Sur'a or Zorah, subsequently it was known by Danite, then the Romans called it Sarea.
Shrines/maqams	Sar'a had two shrines one of which is still standing. The first belongs belongs to al-Nabi Samat, and the other for an unnown individuals.
Archeological sites	The village has several Khirbas including Khirbat al-Tahuna, where the ruins of a building constructed of ashlars (squared stone masonry) and the foundations of other buildings.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Tarum and Tzor'a
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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:
Stone rubble and iron girders are strewn among the trees on the site. A flat stone, surrounded by debris and inscribed with Arabic verses from the Qur'an, bears the date A.H. 1355 (1936). On the western edge of the site stands a shrine containing the tombs of two local religious teachers. A valley to the northeast is covered with fig, almond, and cypress trees

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