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| Abu Shusha District of Haifa ابو شوشة - אבו שושה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 9, 1948
Distance from district center
26 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
125 (meters)
Map location
See location number #28 on the map
Israeli military operation
The Battle for Mishmar ha-'Emeq.
Israeli attacking brigade
Combination of First Battalion of the Palmach, Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades.
Defenders
Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisMany of Abu Shusha's inhabitant fled during the battle, and it was completely ethnically cleansed soon after occupation.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
5,883
Jewish
0
Public
3,077
Total
8,960
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
931
Area planted w/ olives
130
Planted W/ Cereal
4,939
Cultivable
5,870
Non-Cultivable
3,090
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
831
1945
720
1948
835
Est. Refugees 1998
5,129
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
155
1948
155
Town's name through history
The Romans referred to Abu Shusha by Gaba Hippeon.
Schools
Abu Shusha had an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Water supplies
Water was available from many sources, including two nearby wadis and a spring.
Archeological sites
Tel Abu Shusha, and on Abu Shusha itself contained numerous indications of a long and rich cultural past.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Mishmar ha-'Emeq occupies part of village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The only remaining sign of the village is the debris of houses, overgrown with cactuses. The grain mill is gone. On the hilly lands around the site."
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