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 Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	As 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
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
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