Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 2, 1948
Distance from district center	1.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	900 (meters)
Map location	See location number #62 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Israeli acts of terror	Please read about the massacre committed in the next door village of Ayn-al-Zaytun
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of 15 houses remain standing. Many of these houses now are used by Jewish settlers
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Biriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 408 Jewish 5,170 Public 1 Total 5,579
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 53 111 Area planted w/ olives 30 0 Planted W/ Cereal 328 2,336 Built up 25 0 Cultivable 381 2,447 Non-Cultivable 3 2,723
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 319 19th century 100 1922 128 1931 170 1945 240 1948 278 Est. Refugees 1998 1,710
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 38 1948 62
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to the village by Berai (Biri)
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kibbutz Biriyya
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, all that remains of the village:
About fifteen houses remain and are inhabited by the residents of the settlement of Biriyya; the settlement has been expanded to include the village site. In addition to the inhabited houses, four are semi-deserted or used for storage. Stones from destroyed houses can be found in some of the walls around the settlement

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