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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 17, 1948
Distance from district center	31 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation	Either An Far or Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Hatta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,193 Jewish 0 Public 112 Total 5,305
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 4 Planted W/ Cereal 5,108 Built up 45 Cultivable 5,112 Non-Cultivable 148
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 570 1931 646 1945 970 1948 1,125 Est. Refugees 1998 6,910
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 140 1948 243
Schools	Hatta had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1923, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 73 students.
Inhabitants place of origin	It's possible that al-Hut tribe, originally from Najd in central Arabia, was the first to settle in the village.
Religious institutions	One Mosque
Archeological sites	Hatta had two khirbats which contained the foundations of buildings, a polygon-shaped column, the capital of a column, and fragments of pottery.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Rehava, Zavdi'el, & Alumma.
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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Mahmoud Abdelnasser Shabaneh	شبانه	Amman, Jordan
محمد ابراهيم سعد	شبانة	عمان, الأردن
أنس	شبانة	عمان, الأردن
ابراهيم	شبانه	عمان, الأردن
ابو ياسر	يحيى	رفح, رفح
م-محمد حلمي لافي	لافي	عمان, عمان
لؤي شبانة	-	-
ابو مـهـنـد	الحمادنه	-
abu albraa HAMDAN	hamdan	baqaa, jordan
ابو دلال	حمدان	الباقاء, الاردن
Ahmed Shabaneh	Shabaneh	Dubai, UAE
صلاح اسحق عيد شبانة (ابو عطوة)	شبانة	-
waleed ali lafi	-	eastern province, saudi arabia
hattawi85	عيسى	جرش, الاردن
salah eldeen	jomaa	-
زيد أبوأسامه	طليب	عمان
محمد لافي	لافي	الرياض, السعودية
ibrahim lafi	lafi	dubai, u.a.e
محمد	جمعة	غزة, غزة
ابوكريم	ياسين	-
محمد	حمدان	البقعة
أبو فارس	-	فلسطين
quosai	hamdan	gaza, palestine
فتحي محمود لافي	لافي	جرش, الاردن
خليل صبح	شبانه	-
ابوطروق	شبانه	-
محمد الطويسي	hg',dsd	Irbid- Jordan
د.نايف عمر لافي	لافي	الدوحة, قطر
نزار جابر	شبانة	عمان, الأردن
حسين علي لافي	لافي	الدوحة, قطر
لبيب شبانه	شبانه	الأحساء, السعوديه
عيسى لافي	لافي	-
ISSA MOUSA GHANEM	-	DOHA, QATER
محمد اسماعيل عبد اللة	-	الاردن
مجد العرب	أبوبطنين	الكويت
ehab hamdan	Hamdan	البقعة, الاردن
زهير	عيسى	القدس, الرام
حتاوي	حتا	عمان, الاردن
فؤاد عيسى	عيسى	الاردن
Ahmad AbdElqader	-	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Ghanem	Ghanem	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Ghanem	Ghanem	-
Dr. Manal	yasin	kualalumpur, malaysia
YOUSEF TALEEP	TALEEP	amman, JORDAN
Dr. Noaman El-Khatib	Easa	Khartoum, Sudan
Abo Lafi	Lafi	Jordan, Jordan
Ahmad Lafi	Lafi	Amman, Jordan
DR.GHANEM	Alhattawi	GEORGIA, USA
Mohammad Fawzi Lafi	Lafi	Jordan, Jordan
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Khalid Ghanem	Ghanem	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hatta	-	Hatta, Hatta
raf7awe	ability	palestine, palestine
abdullah issa	issa	amman \ hynazal, jordan
Ghassan Lafi	-	Amman, Jordan
Ahmad Ghanim	Ghanim	Zarqa, JORDAN
Tariq Lafi	Lafi	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Abdel Qader Saleh Lafi	Lafi	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Abu Ahmad	Lafi	Dubai, Dubai
Adel Ghanem	-	-
Mohammed Ghanim	Ghanim	OHIO, USA
Mahmoud Lafi	Lafi	Safout, Jordan
Hassan Ghanim	Ghanim	Zarqa, Jordan
Mohammad Lafi	-	Baqa'a Camp, jordan
ابراهيم ياسين	ياسين	غزه, فلسطين

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