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| al-Khunayzir District of Baysan الخنيزر - ערב אל-ח'ניזיר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 20, 1948
Distance from district center
10 (km) South of Baysan
Elevation from the sea
-200 (meters)
Map location
See location number #28 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 IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed, and only the village cemetery remained.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Khunayzir inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
1,966
Jewish
1000
Public
141
Total
3,107
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
18
0
Irrigated & Plantation
1,658
701
Planted W/ Cereal
256
299
Cultivable
1,932
1,000
Non-Cultivable
175
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
83
1931
200
1945
260
1948
302
Est. Refugees 1998
1,852
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
47
1948
70
Town's name through history
al-Khunayzir was also known by 'Arab al-Khunayzir.
Water supplies
The springs of 'Uyun Umm al-Faraj and 'Ayn al-Khanazir used to supply the village with its water supplies.
Archeological sites
The village contains Tall Abu al-Fare which was used by the villagers as a cemetery.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Tirat Tzvi
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The only remaining landmark is a cemetery on Tall Abu al-Fare, north of the site. To the north and west of this tell are the springs of 'Uyun Umm al-Faraj and 'Ayn al-Khanazir."
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