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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 16, 1948
Distance from district center	7.5 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Most likely by Golani Brigades
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Bira was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Bira inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,853 Jewish 0 Public 2,013 Total 6,866
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 48 Area planted w/ olives 120 Planted W/ Cereal 4,681 Built up 52 Cultivable 4,729 Non-Cultivable 2,085
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 297 1922 200 1931 220 1945 260 1948 302 Est. Refugees 1998 1,852
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 53 1948 72
Town's name through history	al-Bira was known by Beer in the Old Testament, and the Crusaders referred to it by Loberium.
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:
"The only remains of the village are the walls of houses."

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