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| al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa District of Haifa الغبية الفوقا - אל-ע'וביה אל-פוקא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 8, 1948
Distance from district center
28 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
200 (meters)
Map location
See location number #32 on the map
Israeli military operation
Mishmar ha-'Emeq Battle
Israeli attacking brigade
Some units drawn from the Palmach (strike force), and from the Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades.
Defenders
Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Ghubayya al-Fawqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
11,607
Jewish
0
Public
532
Total
12,139
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
209
Planted W/ Cereal
10,883
Cultivable
11,092
Non-Cultivable
1,047
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
200
1945
1,130
Number of houses
In (1931): 38 (including al-Ghubayya al-Tahta)
Schools
al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa shared an elementary school (founded by the Ottomans in 1888) with the nearby villages of al-Ghubayya-al-Tahta and al-Naghnaghiyya. The school was later on closed during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions
One Mosque
Shrines/maqams
A shrine for a Muslim sage known by al-Shaykh Ahmad.
Archeological sites
An unexcavated archaeological site, Tel al-Asmar, lay some 300m southwest of the village borders.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Mishmar ha-'Emeq
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The debris of the houses is visible among the vegetation. One can also see a big heap of stones where the mosque once stood. The cemetery is covered with thorny plants and weeds. "
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