Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 22, 1948
Distance from district center	27 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #9 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Thikrin was completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Thikrin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 17,186 Jewish 0 Public 9 Total 17,195
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ olives 560 Planted W/ Cereal 15,058 Built up 63 Cultivable 15,058 Non-Cultivable 2,074
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 220 1922 693 1931 726 1945 960 1948 1,369 Est. Refugees 1998 8,406
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 181 1948 341
Town's name through history	During the Roman period, Thikrin was known by Kefar Dikrina.
Schools	Thikrin had an elementary school for boys.
Nearby wadies & rivers	Wadi Bisiyya was nearby village lands
Water supplies	A well located nearby Wadi Bisiyya used to be the main source of drinking water to the inhabitants of Thikrin.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba in 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:
"The site, overgrown with tall weeds, scrub, and other wild vegetation, contains a number of olive and carob trees. Truncated stone terraces, partially overgrown with cactuses, further mark the site."

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview Ahmad Abdel Rahman Abu Shawar
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