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Welcome To al-Muharraqa District of Gaza المحرقة - אל-מוחרקה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
Israeli occupation date | May 27, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Distance from district center | 14.5 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||
Elevation from the sea | 125 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
Map location | See location number #45 on the map | ||||||||||||||
Israeli military operation | Operation Barak (lightening) | ||||||||||||||
Israeli attacking brigade | Negev Brigade | ||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
Village remains after destruction by Israelis |
The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of its Diwan and its cemetery. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
al-Muharraqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
Land ownership before occupation |
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Land usage in 1945 |
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Population before occupation |
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Number of houses |
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Schools | The val-Muharraqa had an elementary school for boys founded in 1945, and when it opened its doors it had an enrollment of 60 students. | ||||||||||||||
Religious institutions | One mosque | ||||||||||||||
Archeological sites | The village contained mosaic floors, cisterns, and marble and pottery fragments. | ||||||||||||||
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Yakhini and Tequma | ||||||||||||||
Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is marked by piles of rubble from buildings, including the village diwan (a meeting and guest house). There are also the remnants of a mill and a well. The cemetery, overgrown with wild vegetation, still exists"
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
عبدالحميد | الفيومي | - |
yousef mash | المشهراوي | palestine , palestine |
هاني منير سعدي المشهراوي | - | غـزة_المحرقـة |
أحمد عبدالعال | عبدالعال | فلسطين |
أحمد المشهراوي | - | - |
سامح القطاع | - | gaza, palestine |
محمد ابو عويلى | Al traben | Gaza city, Palestine |
Hazem El-mashharawi | El-mashharawi | Gaza, Palestine |