Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 23, 1948
Distance from district center	25 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	275 (meters)
Map location	See location number #2 on the map
Israeli military operation	Either Operations ha-Har or Operation Ya'ov
Israeli attacking brigade	Possibly Giv'ati Brigade's Fourth Battalion
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Zakariyya was partially destroyed, and the all remaining houses and its mosque became the property of the Jewish National Fund and Israeli government. Some Kurdish or Khazari Jews have taken residence in some of its houses.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Zakariyya was completely ethnically cleansed on June 9th, 1950 based on the orders of Yosef Weitz, a Jewish National Fund (JNF) official. We hope that JNF will be taken to court for their terror acts one day, especially in US and Europe courts. This racist organization has been the engine behind confiscating and destroying many of the Palestinian properties to make sure Palestinians do not come back to their homes and farms.
Terminating refugee camps	Many of the villagers still live in the Dihaysha and al-'Aroub Refugee Camps in the Occupied Bethlehem and Hebron districts. Few of its orginial residents became internal refugees in Israel, and some were ethnically cleansed to al-Ramla.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 15,311 Jewish 0 Public 9 Total 15,320
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 961 Area planted w/ olives 440 Planted W/ Cereal 6,523 Built up 70 Cultivable 7,484 Non-Cultivable 7,766
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 259 1922 682 1931 742 1945 1,180 1948 383 Est. Refugees 1998 2,351
Number of houses	In (1931): 189
Town's name through history	Zakariyya was known to the Romans by Caper Zacharia.
Religious institutions	One Mosque (still standing)
Water supplies	The villagers obtained their drinking water from two communal wells:- al-Saflani well which was drilled next to Wadi 'Ajjur, and al-Sarara well located north of the village.
Archeological sites	According to the Bible David fought Goliath at Tall Zakariyya!
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Zekharya and possibly Beit Shamesh too.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

Bibliography and References

Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The mosque and a number of houses, some occupied by Jewish residents and others deserted, remain on the site. Large sections of the site itself are covered with wild vegetation. The mosque is in a state of neglect and an Israeli flag is planted on top of the minaret."

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Abdel Aziz Muhammad al-Fararjeh-al-Neiss (Abu Khaldun)
• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Muhammad Abdel Rahman al-Khatib (Abu Fu'ad)
• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Abdel Rahman al-Hayek
• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Younis Abu Laban