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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 17, 1948
Distance from district center	29 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #26 on the map
Israeli military operation	Either Operation Barak or Operation Ya'ov
Israeli attacking brigade	Third Battalion of the Giv'ati Brigade and the Ninth Commando Battalion of the Armored 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	Karatiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 13,346 Jewish 0 Public 363 Total 13,709
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 321 Planted W/ Cereal 12,928 Built up 48 Cultivable 13,249 Non-Cultivable 412
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 253 1922 736 1931 932 1945 1,370 1948 1,589 Est. Refugees 1998 9,759
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 229 1948 390
Town's name through history	The Crusades built in Karatiyya a castle which was known by Galatie, from which it may have picked its name from.
Schools	Karatiyya had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1922, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 128 students.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	Wadi al-Mufrid bordered the village from the east.
Archeological sites	Karatiyya contained number of khirbats dating from the days of the Mamluks and the Crusades periods.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Qomemiyyut, Nehora, and Rewacha.
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:
"Piles of debris are scattered on the site, and a destroyed cemetery (partially hidden among eucalyptus trees) can be seen. An agricultural road runs through it."

 

 
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