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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 11, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) Northwest of Safad
Elevation from the sea	750 (meters)
Map location	See location number #52 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	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the village cemetery and rubble from destroyed houses
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Qaddita was mostly ethnically cleansed, some villagers were allowed to stay in 'Akbara (Safad).
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,440 Jewish 0 Public 1 Total 2,441
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 150 Area planted w/ olives 77 Planted W/ Cereal 1,452 Built up 31 Cultivable 1,602 Non-Cultivable 808
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 149 19th century 200 1922 110 1931 170 1945 240 1948 278 Est. Refugees 1998 1,710
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 32 1948 52
Town's name through history	Qaddita may have been a corruption of the Syriac word Kaddisha meaning
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Sifsofa and Dalton settlements are nearby the village.
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:
All that remains are tombs from the cemetery and stone rubble from the destroyed homes.

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وسام محمود	-	برلين, المانيا
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HUSSAM HAMZEH	HAMZEH	Athens, Greece
Hassan Hashim	-	Homs, Syria

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