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Barqusya
District of Hebron
برقوسية - ברקוסיא
Ethnically cleansed days ago
 
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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 Israelis
Barqusya was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
Barqusya 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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Town Today

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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    Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return?
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    ابراهيم جميل خشان خشان عمان, الاردن
    Mutaz_q Qawasmi -
    Rami qawasmeh جبرين الاردن, الاردن
    Mohammad Ayed Khashan - ABU DHABI, UAE
    اسامه البطاط - ال
    Mohamad qwasmi Alqwasmi RAMTHA
    Maea Khashan - AMMAN, JORDAN
    نايف عوني نايف عبد الله اربد
    Belal Qawasmi IRBED
    KAMAL ABUOMAR AbuOmar AMMAN, JORDAN
    Alqawasmi Alqawasmi (abuomar) ABUDHABI, UAE
    Abu omar Alqawasmi JORDAN, JORDAN
    SAMI MUSLEH - -
    Fuad Qawasmi Qawasmi IRBID, JORDAN
    Shaker - -
    Hani Khashan - -
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    Khaled Muslllam Alqawasmi RAMTHA, JORDAN
    Riad Khashan Khashan AMMAN, JORDAN
    Saud Khashan Khashan -
    Azmi mahmoud Ahmad alhaj khshan Khshan alqwasmeh AMMAN, JORDAN
    Yousef Nassar - -
    Mahmoud Azmi Mahmoud Khashan Khashan RIYADH, SAUDIA ARABIA
    Alali Alali JORDAN, 0962
    Anwar Mohammad Al-Qawasmi Abdallah IRBID, JORDAN
    Jamal AL-Qawasmi Al-Qawasmi JORDAN
    Mohammad Qawasmi - -
    Ahmed Qawasmi - -
    Ibrahim Qawasmi - -
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