Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 25, 1948
Distance from district center	31 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #7 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Israeli acts of terror	Based on a New York Times report on the 18th of December 1947, 10 people were killed including 5 children, and some victims were buried in the wreckage of their houses. Yigal Anon approved this terror act to be executed by the Haganah.
Exodus Cause	Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Khisas was ethnicaly cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 25th of May 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,480 Jewish 2,738 Public 577 Total 4,795
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,438 2,728 Built up 30 20 Cultivable 1,438 2,728 Non-Cultivable 589 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 386 1945 530 (60 Jewish) 1948 545 Est. Refugees 1998 3,348
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 73 1948 103
Shrines/maqams	A shrine of local sage known by al-Shaykh 'Ali
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated on the western banks Wadi al-Hasibani.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	ha-Gosherim
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:
Most of the village land is covered with woods and grass. There are scattered cactuses and some piles of stones, as well as the remains of an old building and a large arched stone barrage. The village lands are cultivated by the settlement of ha-Gosherim