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| al-Batani al-Gharbi District of Gaza الباطني الغربي - אל-בטאני אל-ע'רבי Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 13, 1948
Distance from district center
36 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Batani al-Gharbi inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,475
Jewish
0
Public
99
Total
4,574
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
170
Irrigated & Plantation
95
Planted W/ Cereal
4,152
Built up
34
Cultivable
4,417
Non-Cultivable
123
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
556
1931
667
1945
980
1948
1,137
Est. Refugees 1998
6,981
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
147
1948
250
Schools
al-Batani al-Gharbi had an elementary school for boys founded in 1947, and it had an initial enrollment of 119 students. It should be noted that students from the nearby villages of Barqa and al-Batini al-Sharqi used to attend the same school too.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No settlements on village land.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Some of the village streets are still clearly recognizable. A stone quarry is also located on village lands."
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