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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 1, 1948
Distance from district center	8.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #56 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	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed with exception of al-Shaykh al-Wayzi shrine.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Wayziyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 0 Jewish 3,673 Public 153 Total 3,826
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 0 62 Planted W/ Cereal 0 3,611 Cultivable 0 3,673 Non-Cultivable 153 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 100 1948 116 Est. Refugees 1998 712
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh al-Wayzi.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	The settlement Machanayim is nearby village lands
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links 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 shrine of Shaykh al-Wayzi is the only remaining landmark. Rubble from destroyed houses is scattered over the site.

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Clan/Hamolah

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