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| Abu Zurayq District of Haifa ابو زريق - אבו זריק Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 12, 1948
Distance from district center
24 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
100 (meters)
Map location
See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation
The battle for Mishmar ha-'Emeq
Israeli attacking brigade
A combination from the Palmach 1st Battalion, Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades
Village defenders
Arab Liberation Army volunteers and some local Palestinian militia
Israeli acts of terror
Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely defaced on April 15th 1948.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisUpon occupation, 15 adult males and some 200 women and children from Abu Zurayq inhabitants were taken captives. The women and children were sent towards Jinin.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,401
Jewish
0
Public
2,092
Total
6,493
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
1
Irrigated & Plantation
282
Area planted w/ olives
100
Planted W/ Cereal
4,092
Cultivable
4,375
Non-Cultivable
2,118
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1945
550
1948
638
Est. Refugees 1998
3,918
Schools
Abu Zurayq had an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village was situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq
Water supplies
Water supplies were taken from a number of sources, among them Wadi Abu Zurayq, a nearby spring and a well.
Archeological sites
Abu Zurayq contained rich sequence of Paleolithic stone tools have been found and the remains of an isolated Roman farmhouse
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No settlements on village lands
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is overgrown with cactus plants and fig and olive trees."
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