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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 15, 1948
Distance from district center	18.5 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	65 (meters)
Map location	See location number #21 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Shoter (Police)
Israeli attacking brigade	A special force drawn from the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades.
Israeli acts of terror	In September 1948, UN investigators stated that 130 villagers were unaccounted for (see al-Tira & 'Ayn Ghazal for more details).
Refugees' migration route	The villagers were terrorized into fleeing eastward to Jinin (West Bank).
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Mazar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,432 Jewish 856 Public 2,688 Total 7,976
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 5 0 Irrigated & Plantation 473 113 Area planted w/ olives 100 0 Planted W/ Cereal 3,750 743 Built up 39 0 Cultivable 4,228 856 Non-Cultivable 2,853 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 134 1931 2,160 1945 210 1948 244 Est. Refugees 1998 1,496
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 442 1948 442
Town's name through history	al-Mazar may have been named after the many people who were killed and buried in its land while battling Crusades.
Water supplies	al-Mazar had a spring on the southeast which provided it with its drinking water.
Archeological sites	al-Mazar contained archaeological artifacts such as pottery fragments, rock-hewn tombs, and cut stones.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	'En Karmel
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"Rubble of stone houses is scattered over the site, which is overgrown with weeds, thorns, cactuses, and fig, pomegranate, and mulberry trees."

 

 
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