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| al-Kafrayn District of Haifa الكفرين - אל-כופרין Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 12, 1948
Distance from district center
29.5 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
250 (meters)
Map location
See location number #34 on the map
Israeli military operation
Battle for Mishmar ha-'Emeq
Israeli attacking brigade
Possibly Carmeli brigade
Defenders
Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisOn the 19th of April 1948, the village was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Kafrayn inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
9,981
Jewish
0
Public
901
Total
10,882
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
147
Area planted w/ olives
30
Planted W/ Cereal
9,911
Built up
18
Cultivable
10,058
Non-Cultivable
806
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
200
1922
571
1931
657
1945
920
1948
1,067
Est. Refugees 1998
6,554
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
95
1948
154
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to al-Kafrayn by Caforana.
Schools
al-Kafrayn had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1888.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village was situated 6km north Wadi 'Ara
Archeological sites
The village contained a number of ruins that revealed its long history, such as the foundations of buildings, columns, and tombs
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Currently, an Israeli military training camp occupies some of the village.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site and its surrounding area are divided between a military training camp and a cow pasture."
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