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| Burayr District of Gaza برير - בריר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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 IsraelisThe The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBurayr 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
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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."
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