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| al-Safiriyya District of Jaffa السافريّة - א-סאפריה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 20, 1948
Distance from district center
11 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #23 on the map
Israeli military operation
Possibly Operation Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade
Either Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) or Alexandroni Brigade
Defenders
Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisOn the 13th of September 1948, the village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses and the two village schools.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Safiriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
10,545
Jewish
1,722
Public
575
Total
12,842
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
3,539
1,412
Irrigated & Plantation
3,708
24
Area planted w/ olives
25
0
Planted W/ Cereal
3,032
286
Built up
95
0
Cultivable
10,279
1,722
Non-Cultivable
746
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
292
1922
1,306
1931
2,040
1945
3,070
1948
3,561
Est. Refugees 1998
21,870
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
489
1948
853
Town's name through history
al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines by Sapharea, and the Crusades called it Saphyria.
Schools
al-Safiriyya had two elementary schools, one for boys founded in 1920 which had an enrollment of 348 boys in 1945, and another school was for girls founded in 1945 with an initial enrollment of 45 girls, both schools remain standing.
Archeological sites
al-Safiriyya contains several khirbats including Khirbat Subtara.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Tzafriyya, Kefar Chabad, Achi'ezer, and the suburbs of Ri'shon le-Tziyyon.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The two schools-long concrete structures with rectangular doorways and windows-still stand and have been refurbished. A number of houses, some made of adobe brick and others of concrete, also remain and are either deserted or inhabited by Jewish families."
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