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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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 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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