Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 13, 1948
Distance from district center	14 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #42 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak
Israeli attacking brigade	Negev Brigade
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely defaced
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Najd inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 12,669 Jewish 495 Public 412 Total 13,576
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 10 0 Irrigated & Plantation 511 0 Planted W/ Cereal 11,917 427 Built up 26 0 Cultivable 12,438 427 Non-Cultivable 617 68
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 215 1922 305 1931 422 1945 620 1948 719 Est. Refugees 1998 4,417
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 82 1948 139
Schools	Najd students attended school in the nearby village of Simsim.
Archeological sites	Najd contained rough, stone foundations of ancient buildings, vaults, and cisterns
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Sderot and Or ha-Ner
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:
"The site is fenced in. Some old trees grow on it, which suggests that it may have been reclassified as a nature conservation area. There is also an irrigation canal. "

• Video Nakba Oral History: Interview with Mansour al-Kurdi