Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 9, 1948
Distance from district center	38 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #9 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly Operation An Far
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Army, and local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Qastina inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,438 Jewish 3,135 Public 446 Total 12,019
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 235 0 Irrigated & Plantation 770 0 Planted W/ Cereal 7,317 3,069 Built up 37 66 Cultivable 8,322 3,069 Non-Cultivable 525 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 385 1922 604 1931 593 1945 890 1948 1,032 Est. Refugees 1998 6,340
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 147 1948 255
Schools	Qastina had an elementary school for boys founded in 1936, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 161 students. The students of the nearby village of Tall al-Turmus used to attend the same school too.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Warburg, 'Arugot, Kefar Achirn, and Qiryat Mal'akhi.
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:
"All that remains is the debris of houses strewn across the site. The research team investigating the current status of the depopulated villages visited the site and found it overgrown with bushes and tall grasses that were about 2m high. "

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