Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	11.5 (km) South of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	(-225) (meters)
Map location	See location number #29 on the map
Israeli military operation	Gidion Operation
Israeli attacking brigade	Most likely Golani Brigades
Defenders	Arab Liberation Army
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Fatur was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	In mid February 1948, al-Fatur inhabitants were mostly terrorized and displaced out of their homes by the racist Zionists.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 709 Jewish 0 Public 20 Total 729
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 709 Cultivable 709 Non-Cultivable 20
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 66 1945 110 1948 128 Est. Refugees 1998 784
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 16 1948 31
Town's name through history	The village was also known by al-Shaykh al-Fatur too.
Water supplies	The village still has the spring of al-Fatur which used to supply it with drinking water.
Archeological sites	The village has two khirbas: the 1st is Shaykh al-Fatur and the 2nd Shaykh Radgha.
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 village has been destroyed and the surrounding land has been planted in wheat by the Israeli colony of Mechola (see photo). The rubble of structures from Shaykh al-Fatur is overgrown with thorns and doum palm trees. The spring of al-Fatur lies immediately to the north of the rubble."