Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 21, 1948
Distance from district center	32 (km) South East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #2 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, only house rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Zuq al-Fuawqani was ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on in the first half of May 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,789 Jewish 0 Public 43 Total 1,832
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 503 Planted W/ Cereal 1,286 Cultivable 1,789 Non-Cultivable 43
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 160 1948 186 Est. Refugees 1998 1,140
Water supplies	The village had several springs to power a water mill.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yuval settlement is near by 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 stones of destroyed homes are strewn across the site, which is overgrown with grass, thorns, and a few cactus plants. The nearby settlement of Yuval cultivates part of the surrounding land, and uses the rest as forests and grazing grounds