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| Farwana District of Baysan فرونه - פרונה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 11, 1948
Distance from district center
4.5 (km) South of Baysan
Elevation from the sea
-125 (meters)
Map location
See location number #23 on the map
Israeli military operation
Gidion Operation
Israeli attacking brigade
Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisOn May 12th, 1948, Farwana was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
Upon occupation, both Farwana and al-Ashrafiyya
inhabitants fled towards Jordan.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,942
Jewish
0
Public
1,054
Total
4,996
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
42
Area planted w/ olives
6
Planted W/ Cereal
4,243
Built up
11
Cultivable
4,285
Non-Cultivable
700
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
48
1931
286
1945
330
1948
383
Est. Refugees 1998
2,351
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
72
1948
96
Town's name through history
Farwana was sometimes identified with city of Rehob during Egyptian rule over Palestine in the 2nd millenium B.C.
Archeological sites
The village contains Tall al-Sarim (the ruins of an anceint city), also the remains of a third century A.D. synagogue.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Rechov, Chawwat Eden, and 'En ha-Natziv.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The only remains of the village are the ruined walls and floors of houses."
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