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| Abil al-Qamh District of Safad آبل القمح - אבל אל-קמח Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 10, 1948
Distance from district center
32 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
350 (meters)
Map location
See location number #1 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade
The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisAs a result of a campaign of psychological warfare on the 10th of May 1948, the village was completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,116
Jewish
1,327
Public
172
Total
4,615
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
299
3
Area planted w/ olives
6
0
Planted W/ Cereal
2,537
1,320
Built up
13
0
Cultivable
2,836
1,323
Non-Cultivable
439
4
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
143
1931
229
1945
330
1948
383
Est. Refugees 1998
2,351
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
58
1948
97
Town's name through history
The village was also known by the name of Abil al-Mayya because of it abundant water sources
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Yuval
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village site is overgrown with grasses and weeds. A grove of trees stands in the northeast corner and stones from destroyed houses are strewn throughout the site. The surrounding land is used as pasture
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