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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 16, 1948
Distance from district center	19 (km) South West of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Shoter (Police)
Israeli attacking brigade	A special force drawn from the Israeli Navy, Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and possibly some help from the Iraqi army in Tulkarm and Jinin
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 refugees were mostly expelled first eastward to al-Tira, and then they were expelled again to but this time to Jinin (West Bank)
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of a remaining house.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Sarafand inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,486 Jewish 1,923 Public 1,923 Total 5,409
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 22 Planted W/ Cereal 3,249 Built up 6 Cultivable 3,271 Non-Cultivable 2,132
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 61 19th century 150 1922 204 1931 188 1945 290 1948 336 Est. Refugees 1998 2,066
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 38 1948 67
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to al-Sarafand by Sarepta Yudee
Water supplies	The village contained more than ten wells
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	kibbutz Neve-Yam, Tzerufa, & Geva' 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-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Only one house, a large structure with two arches in front, has been spared. The Tel Aviv-Haifa highway crosses part of the site."

 

 
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