Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 30, 1948
Distance from district center	8.5 (km) North of Safad
Elevation from the sea	825 (meters)
Map location	See location number #42 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	The terror gangs of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade (committed several massacres in the upper Galili)
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed, and few houses remain which are being occupied and renovated by Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Ras al-Ahmar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,931 Jewish 0 Public 3 Total 7,934
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,008 Area planted w/ olives 350 Planted W/ Cereal 4,728 Built up 61 Cultivable 5,736 Non-Cultivable 2,137
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 418 19th century 150 1922 405 1931 447 1945 620 1948 719 Est. Refugees 1998 4,417
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 92 1948 147
Schools	The village had an elementary school for boys, which was founded during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions	al-Ras al-Ahmar contained mosaics and wine presses with tessellated floors, which all provided evidence that the site was inhabited in the classical or Byzantine periods.
Water supplies	A spring on the north side of the village site supplied the villagers with water for domestic uses.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kerem Ben Zimra
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:
Some houses still remain. One house has a front stairway, and a covered garage that apparently was added by the Israelis who live there. Another house has two high, arched windows. The site also contains stone rubble from destroyed houses, and a few fig trees and cactuses

• Nakba Oral History Interview with Samir al-Khatib