Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 19, 1948
Distance from district center	28 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #14 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	Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mostly destroyed with the exception of few stone houses
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Mostly ethnically cleansed as a result of a campaign of psychological warfare on the 19th of May 1948. Completely ethnical cleansed in June 1949
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,682 Jewish 183 Public 525 Total 5,390
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 19 0 Irrigated & Plantation 4,465 183 Planted W/ Cereal 44 0 Built up 93 0 Cultivable 4,528 183 Non-Cultivable 586 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 824 1945 940 1948 1,090 Est. Refugees 1998 6,696
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 163 1948 215
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Blum and Beyt Hillel are near by 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:
Only a few stones from the old village are still visible. The surrounding land is cultivated, except for a small section that contains stone rubble and is overgrown with thorny plants and eucalyptus trees