Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-10 (meters)
Map location	See location number #15 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	al-Hamidiyya was completely destroyed, only house rubble and cemetery left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Hamidiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,814 Jewish 1,386 Public 4,720 Total 10,902
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 164 0 Irrigated & Plantation 8 4 Planted W/ Cereal 5,261 1,289 Built up 10 40 Cultivable 5,433 1,293 Non-Cultivable 4,237 53
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 193 1931 157 1945 320 (100 Jewish) 1948 255 Est. Refugees 1998 1,567
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 42 1948 68
Town's name through history	The village was named after the Ottoman sultan 'Abd al-Hamid II (1876-1909).
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known as Maqam Khalid.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Chamadya
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"Aside from the ruins of the village's houses (which have been reduced to cement rubble), a cemetery, and a few wells, only thorns are found on the site. The lands in the vicinity are used by Israelis for agriculture and grazing."