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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 16, 1948
Distance from district center	21.5 (km) South West of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly the Coastal Clearing Operation
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some support from the Iraqi Army in Tulkarm.
Refugees' migration route	The refugees were mostly expelled to the Triangle area and others to nearby POW camps.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of two village house (one of them for Ahmad Bey Khalil).
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kafr Lam inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,104 Jewish 0 Public 1,734 Total 6,838
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 75 Planted W/ Cereal 5,052 Built up 14 Cultivable 5,127 Non-Cultivable 1,697
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 300 1931 215 1945 340 1948 394 Est. Refugees 1998 2,422
Number of houses	In (1931): 50 (includes Kafr Lam Station)
Town's name through history	The Crusaders may have referred to Kafr Lam with same name as the nearby castle of Cafarlet.
Schools	Kafr Lam had an elementary school for boys, which was founded by the Ottoman in 1882, but it was later closed during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Water supplies	Kafr Lam had five wells which supplied it with its drinking water needs.
Archeological sites	Kafr Lam containes Crusader's (called Cafarlet) fortress and stone quarries.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	'En Ayyala and ha-Bonim
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

The abandoned Crusader fortress and several houses are still standing. One house, that of Ahmad Bey Khalil, has been converted into a school; another is being used as an Israeli post office.

 

 
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