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| al-'Abisiyya District of Safad العابسية - אל-עאבסיה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 29, 1948
Distance from district center
28.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade
The Palmach's First Battalion
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-'Abisiyya was ethnically cleansed as a result of a psychological warfare on the 25th of May 1948.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
13,671
Jewish
1,257
Public
501
Total
15,429
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
4
0
Irrigated & Plantation
6,390
231
Planted W/ Cereal
2,830
509
Built up
17
40
Cultivable
9,224
740
Non-Cultivable
4,931
477
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
70
1931
609
1945
1,510 (290 Jewish)
Number of houses
In (1931): 123
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village close to the Banyas River.
Water supplies
The village used the water of Banyas River for irrigation, and several nearby springs were used for drinking water.
Archeological sites
The village contained the following khirbas:- Tall al-Sakhina, Tall al-Shari'a, and al-Shaykh Ghannam
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
'Amir , Sde Nechemya, and Kefar Szold
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External Links
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
No trace of the village remains. The site is covered with grass, shrubs, and a few scattered trees
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