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| Bayt Nattif District of Hebron بيت نتّيف - בית נתיף Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
October 21, 1948
Distance from district center
21 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea
425 (meters)
Map location
See location number #4 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade
Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade
Village defenders
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Refugees' migration route
Many of Bayt Natiff's inhabitants headed for the Hebron hills, and some stayed in the nearby caves for some time.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisBayt Natiff was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBayt Nattif inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Terminating refugee camps
Villagers mostly live in Deheishe, 'Aida, and 'Azza Refugee Camps (in the occupied Bethlehem District)
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
32,762
Jewish
0
Public
11,825
Total
44,587
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
688
Area planted w/ olives
620
Planted W/ Cereal
20,149
Built up
162
Cultivable
20,837
Non-Cultivable
23,588
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
1,649
1945
2,150
1948
2,494
Est. Refugees 1998
15,316
Number of houses
In (1931): 329 (includes Khirbat Umm al-Rus)
Town's name through history
The Old Testament referred to Bayt Nattif by Tappuach, and the Romans called it Beyt Letepha.
Schools
The village had an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Shrines/maqams
Bayt Nattif contained several shrines, the most prominent among of these shrines was dedicated to al-Shaykh Ibrahim.
Water supplies
Bayt Natif had three wells which supplied it with its water needs.
Archeological sites
The village has about a dozen khirbas lay nearby in its vicinity.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Neliv ha-Lamed-He, Avi'ezer, Roglit, and Newe Mikha'el.
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External Links
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Piles of rubble that have been cleared by bulldozers are scattered over a wide area. Six steel beams stand in the midst of the debris at the site's center. In the rubble one can also see the remnants of arched house entrances."
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