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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) West of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Tall al-Shawk inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 65 Jewish 3,116 Public 504 Total 3,685
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 0 24 Irrigated & Plantation 14 40 Planted W/ Cereal 33 3,052 Cultivable 47 3,116 Non-Cultivable 522 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 58 1931 41 1945 120 1948 139 Est. Refugees 1998 855
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 11 1948 37
Nearby wadies & rivers	Tall al-Shawk is situated between the al-Januna'in River on the north and Wadi al-Jawsaq on the south.
Archeological sites	The village was built above an ancient archeological site. The nearby Tall al-Shaykh Humus contains ancient granite colums.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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:
"No traces of the village remain. The site itself is covered with weeds and thorns and is traversed by a man-made canal."

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Clan/Hamolah

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