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District of Hebron
ذِكْرِين/زِكْرِين - זיכרין
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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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
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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."

Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
khalil abuthinin Singapore, Singapore
ايمن سعد - ال ذكرين فلسطين, فلسطين
راني عبد العزيز ابوجبة ابوجبة عمان
اياد وصفي علي حرب تيلخ عمان, الاردن 0795571533
احمد عبد السلام احمد قدوره قدوره ابو ظبي, الامارات
ولاء ابوجبه ابوجبه عمان , الأردن
منذر ابوشاور ابوشاور عمان, عمان
سامي عقل عقل أبو ظبي
mohammad.haif حيف amman, jordan
الخراز الخراز / الدعاجنه -
حسام الغربات - البقعه, الاردن
Mahmoud Ismail Heif Heif -
رامي ابوجبه ابوجبه الرياض, السعوديه
همــــام تيلــــخ تيـــــــــــــلخ الرياض, السعوديه
abu zakieh - amman, jordan
عمر سعد سعد فلسطين, فلسطين
شاهــــــــر زيــــــــــغان - Amman, Jordan
ابراهيم سعيد ابو جبة ابو جبة الرياض
أسامة أبوشاور أبوشاور عمان
ايادماجدالصوص الصوص عمان
أنس أبوجبة أبو جبة Amman, Jordan
احمد الذيبه الذيبه الامارات
حذيفة بني زيغان - البلقاء, البلقاء
loaiabushawar ابوشاور ontario, canada
sadam thaibeh thaibeh -
جمال ابوشاور ابو شاور عمان
mahmoud abushawar ABUSHAWAR on , canada
ابراهيم زيغان زيغان -
خلدون زيغان زيغان -
محمد حيف حيف عمان, الاردن
ابو اسماعيل - -
محمد سعد سعد فلسطين, فلسطين
اشرف حرب محمود الفضولي الفضولي العاصمه, الاردن
qadoura2004 قدوره عمان, الاردن
جمال الذيبه الذيبه -
علاء فيصل ابوحته ابوحته Amman, Jordan
سامي زيغان زيغان -
باسم المنشاوي البقعة
أبوشاور abushawar -
loay tailakh الخليل
Mohammad Tailakh Tailakh Aachen, Germany
Mohammd Hany Younes Tailakh Thekreen Nicosia, Cyprus
TAILAKH HASSAN OTHMAN SAUDIA ARABIA, SAUDIA ARABIA
Mohammad Wasfi Ali Saleh Harb Tailakh Jordan, Amman
Issa Tailakh tailakh jordan, jordan
wzighan - amman, jordan
MOHAMED thayabeh - montreal, canada
Younes Thibeh Thibeh Canada
Thaer Diabeh Diabeh -
fadi - n/a, n/a
khaled Abushawar - Toronto, Canada
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