Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 2, 1948
Distance from district center	4.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	500 (meters)
Map location	See location number #59 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mughr al-Khayt was mostly destroyed with the exception of few cement rooms remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Mughr al-Khayt inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,141 Jewish 384 Public 102 Total 6,627
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 573 0 Area planted w/ olives 540 0 Planted W/ Cereal 3,742 384 Built up 31 0 Cultivable 4,315 384 Non-Cultivable 1,897 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 94 19th century 300 1922 235 1931 343 1945 490 1948 568 Est. Refugees 1998 3,491
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 73 1948 120
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	The settlements of Chatzor ha-Gelilit and Ro'sh Pinna are nearby village lands
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 overgrown with grass and cactuses and littered with stone rubble from destroyed houses. Two cement rooms, built adjacent to one another, still stand and are in relatively good condition. Of the hundreds of olive trees that once grew there, only a few remain