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| al-Mazar District of Haifa المزار - אל-מזאר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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 IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-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
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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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