Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	February 1, 1949
Distance from district center	8 (km) South West of Safad
Elevation from the sea	375 (meters)
Map location	See location number #71 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Farradiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Terminating refugee camps	Many of the refugees were scattered in Tel al-Za'tar, Shatila, Sabra, Ayn al-Hilwah, and Meiyah Ew-Meiyah refugee camps in Lebanon, and few became internal refugees in the upper Galilee, occupied Palestine.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 15,228 Jewish 0 Public 4,519 Total 19,747
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,182 Area planted w/ olives 703 Planted W/ Cereal 4,183 Built up 25 Cultivable 5,365 Non-Cultivable 14,357
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 237 19th century 150 1922 362 1931 465 1945 670 1948 777 Est. Refugees 1998 4,773
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 101 1948 168
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to the village by Parod
Schools	The village had an elementary school for boys.
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local religious teacher known by al-Shaykh Mansour
Water supplies	Springs that originated from Mount al-Jarmaq (al-Shaykh) provided al-Farradiyya with plenty of fresh water supplies, and enough running water to power several water mills.
Archeological sites	The village contained the ruins of water mills and an aqueduct
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Qaddarim, Shefer, and Parod
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 site is deserted and covered with wild thorns, trees, and piles of stones from the destroyed homes. Cactuses grow on the land around the site, which is mostly utilized for grazing animals