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| Barqusya District of Hebron برقوسية - ברקוסיא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 9, 1948
Distance from district center
31 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea
175 (meters)
Map location
See location number #6 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation An-Far
Israeli attacking brigade
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers
Israeli acts of terror
Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisBarqusya was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBarqusya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,214
Jewish
0
Public
2
Total
3,216
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
28
Planted W/ Cereal
2,460
Built up
31
Cultivable
2,488
Non-Cultivable
697
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
158
1931
258
1945
330
1948
383
Est. Refugees 1998
2,351
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
53
1948
78
Schools
Barqusya's children used to attend school in the nearby village of Tall al-Safi, Hebron.
Religious institutions
One small mosque
Water supplies
The village has one artesian well which was drilled in the late 19th century.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No houses remain. Some graves can be seen amidst foxtail and khubbayza (mallow) plants. One of the graves has an inscribed tombstone resting on the superstructure. There are also the remnants of a well."
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