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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 22nd, 1948
Distance from district center	30 (km) West of Beersheba
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #2 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Negev and possibly Giv'ati Brigades
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Jammama was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Jammama inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Number of houses	In (1944): 120 buildings
Schools	al-Jammama had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1944.
Archeological sites	The village contained cisterns, an olive press, mosaic floors, tombs, the crown of a stone column, stone tools from the Middle Paleolithic period.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ruchama
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A few walls remain on the slopes of hills, surrounded by shrubs and thorns. Bedouin still camp near the site occasionally to take advantage of nearby pasture."

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
أبو يمان الحنجوري	الحناجرة	عمان, الاردن
انس العطاونة	العطاونة	مخيم حطين - الرصيفة, الاردن
محمد العطاونة	العطاونة	غزة
زيد العطاونه العطاونه	العطاونه	ابو ظبي
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ليلـــــــــى (==>laila<==)	-	بئر السبع .
qods atawneh	ntoush	-
Abdul Aziz Abu Holy	Hanagrah	United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates

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