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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 11, 1948
Distance from district center	22 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #20 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 completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Buwayziyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 13,226 Jewish 503 Public 891 Total 14,620
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 56 0 Planted W/ Cereal 2,770 343 Built up 17 0 Cultivable 2,826 343 Non-Cultivable 11,274 160
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 276 1931 318 1945 510 1948 592 Est. Refugees 1998 3,633
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 75 1948 139
Schools	The village had elementary school for boys founded in 1937.
Water supplies	The village had many nearby springs which provided it with drinking water.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No settlements on 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:
On the site where al-Buwayziyya once stood are the remains of destroyed houses, a few walls and terraces, and the (intact) concrete roof of one house

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