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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 10, 1948
Distance from district center	20 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #31 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Defenders	Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Dirbashiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,767 Jewish 0 Public 116 Total 2,883
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 2,763 Cultivable 2,763 Non-Cultivable 120
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 310 1948 406 Est. Refugees 1998 2,493
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Samadi
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village bordered lake al-Hula
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:
The rubble of destroyed houses is scattered across the village site. The site also contains a segment of a cement-lined irrigation canal, and the remains of terraces in some fields

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Clan/Hamolah

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