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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 28, 1948
Distance from district center	14.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #40 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	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of one stone house.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Tulayl inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,556 Jewish 1,753 Public 15 Total 5,324
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 22 0 Planted W/ Cereal 3,388 1,637 Built up 48 0 Cultivable 3,410 1,637 Non-Cultivable 113 116
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 215 1922 296 1931 274 1945 340 1948 394 Est. Refugees 1998 2,422
Number of houses	In (1931): 64 (includes al-Husayniyya)
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to the village by Thella.
Schools	The village share an elementary school with the nearby village of al-Husayniyya, which was built during the British Mandate period.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was bordering al-Hindaj and al-Waqqas wadis
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yesud ha-Ma'ala and Chulata 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:
The village site is thickly covered with grass and other vegetation, including some eucalyptus and palm trees. Only one old stone house, with an arched doorway, remains standing

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Clan/Hamolah

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