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| Zayta District of Hebron زيْتا - זיתא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 17, 1948
Distance from district center
29 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #10 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation An-Far
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 IsraelisZayta was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisZayta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,127
Jewish
1,273
Public
6,090
Total
10,490
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Planted W/ Cereal
8,899
1,251
Built up
32
0
Cultivable
8,899
1,251
Non-Cultivable
286
22
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
165
1922
139
1931
234
1945
330
1948
383
Est. Refugees 1998
6,839
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
44
1948
209
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village stands on a hill 1 km north of Wadi Zayta.
Water supplies
Drinking water was supplied by artesian wells, most of which were dug to the south of the village, near Wadi Zayta, where the underground water level was close to the surface. Another well was also located to the north.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"There are no traces of houses; only a well, still in use, is left."
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