Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 11, 1948
Distance from district center	30 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #9 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	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only one house still standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The village has been ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 11th of May 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 9,368 Jewish 1,630 Public 636 Total 11,634
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 5,547 1,386 Planted W/ Cereal 2,145 223 Built up 39 0 Cultivable 7,692 1,609 Non-Cultivable 2,273 21
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 100 1931 626 1945 1,050 1948 1,218 Est. Refugees 1998 7,480
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 137 1948 266
Water supplies	The villagers drew water for domestic use from a nearby wadi and also operated several water-powered mills.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beyt Hillel
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:
Only one house remains; it is made of stone and serves as an office for an airstrip. The grass and wild vegetation that cover the site are mowed. Tall al-Wawiyat is being excavated at the southern edge of the site, and a fenced-in area, containing a large number of cactuses and tall eucalyptus trees, lies west of the tell. A new airstrip is under construction northeast of the village site

• Nakba Oral History: Interview with Muhammad Bashir