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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	February 15, 1948
Distance from district center	34.5 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #44 on the map
Israeli military operation	Terror campaign before the start of the war
Israeli attacking brigade	Some unknown terror unit from the Haganah.
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated, only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Burj, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 15 Jewish 4,933 Public 343 Total 5,291
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 0 968 Irrigated & Plantation 13 1,190 Planted W/ Cereal 0 2,607 Cultivable 13 4,765 Non-Cultivable 345 168
Archeological sites	Khirbat al-Burj contained khirbat Tel al-Burayj, which had the foundations of buildings and granite columns.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Binyamina
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Much of the site is covered by rubble. The walls of a large stone building (possibly a khan; see Glossary) are still standing."

 

 

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Clan/Hamolah

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