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| Sar'a District of Jerusalem صرعة - צרעה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 18, 1948
Distance from district center
25 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
350 (meters)
Map location
See location number #14 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade
Har'el's Fourth Battalion
Village defenders
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisSar'a was destroyed some time in 1949 to make room for the settlement of Tzor'a. Currently, the village site has been completely defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisSar'a inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,964
Jewish
0
Public
3
Total
4,967
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
194
Area planted w/ olives
115
Planted W/ Cereal
2,979
Built up
16
Cultivable
3,173
Non-Cultivable
1,778
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
94
19th century
400
1922
205
1931
271
1945
340
1948
394
Est. Refugees 1998
2,422
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
65
1948
94
Town's name through history
The Canaanites referred to Sar'a by the city of Sur'a or Zorah, subsequently it was known by Danite, then the Romans called it Sarea.
Shrines/maqams
Sar'a had two shrines one of which is still standing. The first belongs belongs to al-Nabi Samat, and the other for an unnown individuals.
Archeological sites
The village has several Khirbas including Khirbat al-Tahuna, where the ruins of a building constructed of ashlars (squared stone masonry) and the foundations of other buildings.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Tarum and Tzor'a
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Stone rubble and iron girders are strewn among the trees on the site. A flat stone, surrounded by debris and inscribed with Arabic verses from the Qur'an, bears the date A.H. 1355 (1936). On the western edge of the site stands a shrine containing the tombs of two local religious teachers. A valley to the northeast is covered with fig, almond, and cypress trees
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