Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	18 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #40 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Negev Brigade in coordination with the Giv'ati Brigade
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 The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Burayr inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 44,220 Jewish 618 Public 1,346 Total 46,184
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 409 0 Planted W/ Cereal 43,328 617 Built up 130 0 Cultivable 43,737 617 Non-Cultivable 1,699 1
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 1,591 1931 1,894 1945 2,740 1948 3,178 Est. Refugees 1998 19,519
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 414 1948 694
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beror Chayil, Telamim, Cheletz, Sde Dawid, and Zohar
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:
"One can see remnants of houses, including an insubstantial portion of a cement wall, among some eucalyptus trees at the entrance of one house. Some village streets are still visible."

• Nakba Oral History interview with Awad Bakir