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| 'Ajjur District of Hebron عجّور - עג'ור Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 23, 1948
Distance from district center
24 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea
275 (meters)
Map location
See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade
Fourth Battalion of Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis'Ajjur was mostly destroyed with the exception of three houses remain standing to this date.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Ajjur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
44,771
Jewish
0
Public
13,303
Total
58,074
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
2,428
Area planted w/ olives
3,070
Planted W/ Cereal
25,227
Built up
171
Cultivable
27,655
Non-Cultivable
30,248
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
193
1922
2,072
1931
2,917
1945
3,730
1948
4,327
Est. Refugees 1998
26,571
Number of houses
In (1931): 566 (includes Khirbat al-Sura)
Schools
The village had two schools: the 1st was a private school known by Abu al-Hasan school, and the 2nd was founded in 1934.
Religious institutions
'Ajjur had two mosques: the 1st was an old mosque which was built during the Fatimid period, and the 2nd was built during the British Mandate period.
Shrines/maqams
'Ajjur contained four shrines within its borders.
Archeological sites
'Ajjur was the site of the important battle of Ajnadin (A.D. 634), in which the Muslim Arabs triumphed over the Byzantines, and it also contains other 22 archaeological sites.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
'Agur, Tzafririm, Giv'at Yesh'ayahu, Li-'On, & Tirosh.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Only three houses remain; two are deserted and one has been turned into a warehouse. One of the deserted houses is a two-story stone structure that has a large, triple-arched front porch."
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