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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 18, 1948
Distance from district center	21 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #31 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Tima inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 10,753 Jewish 0 Public 289 Total 11,032
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 197 Planted W/ Cereal 10,444 Built up 60 Cultivable 10,641 Non-Cultivable 331
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 693 1922 606 1931 762 1945 1,060 1948 1,230 Est. Refugees 1998 7,551
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 157 1948 253
Schools	In 1946, Bayt Tima shared with the nearby villages of Kawkaba and Hulayqat an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions	One Mosque
Shrines/maqams	The village had two shrine for a couple of unknown individuals.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No 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-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Sycamore and carob trees grow around the rubble on the site. The land is used for agriculture."

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
الحلم الجميل	اسماعيل	النصيرات, بيت طيما
النورس الرحال	الكرد	-
عبد الكريم سلمان	-	دير البلح, دير البلح
ام عكاشة	سلمان	-
نعيم الكرد	الكرد	-
محمد درويش حرابي	عواد	عمان, الاردن
بنت عكاشه سمان	سلمان	السعوديه
خالد	-	غزة
أبو الأمجد	عواد	غزة
زهير ابولبده	-	western, Saudi Arabia
Abu Jibryl	-	-
refugee	-	palestine
*** محمد المبحوح ***	المبحوح	دير البلح, فلسطين
barhoma	-	madrid, spenish
يويو	لا يوجد	فلسطين, فلسطين
muazfadi	عواد	بيت طيما, فلسطين
وطني	الكرد	, فلسطين
أحمد المبحوح	المبحوح	جباليا, فلسطين
عائشة	أبو صلاح	مدريد, اسبانيا
فيصل	صباح	غزة, بيت طيما
Nojoud Jibreel	-	-
Raghda Jibreel	Jibreel	MA, USA
Mayada Jibreel	-	Abu-Dhabi, UAE

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