Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 21, 1948
Distance from district center	12 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	625 (meters)
Map location	See location number #7 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el Brigade
Defenders	Local militia and Egyptian Army/Muslim Brotherhood Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Khirbat al-'Umur was completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-'Umur, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,725 Jewish 436 Public 2 Total 4,163
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 497 14 Planted W/ Cereal 1,279 172 Built up 10 0 Cultivable 1,776 186 Non-Cultivable 1,941 250
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 137 1931 187 1945 270 1948 313 Est. Refugees 1998 1,923
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 45 1948 75
Nearby wadies & rivers	Khirbat al-'Umur was facing Wadi al-Ghadir.
Water supplies	The spring of 'Ayn al-'Umur (still functioning) and several nearby springs supplied Khirbat al-'Umur with fresh water.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Giv'at Ye'arim
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Stone rubble and window and door frames, partly hidden by wild grass, are scattered across the village site. Many stone terraces are visible. The village cemetery, to the south, is covered with dirt and grass but many graves are visible; tombstones stand at the head and foot of each one. The spring of 'Ayn al-'Umur and the stone structure around it can still be seen

• Nakba Oral History Interview with Ahmad Khalil al-Hajj