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Ghabbatiyya
District of Safad
غبّاطية - ע'באטיה
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date October 30, 1948

Distance from district center 12 (km) North West of Safad

Elevation from the sea 875 (meters)

Map location See location number #49 on the map

Israeli military operation Operation Hiram

Israeli attacking brigade Possibly the terror troops of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade

Defenders Local militia & Arab Liberation Army

Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops

Village remains
after destruction by Israelis The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.

Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis Ghabbatiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 2,381

Jewish 0

Public 552

Total 2,933

Land usage in 1945

Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)

Irrigated & Plantation 15

Planted W/ Cereal 412

Cultivable 427

Non-Cultivable 2,506

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1922 9

1945 60

1948 70

Est. Refugees 1998 427

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands No settlements on village lands

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Language External Links

Arabic PalGates

Hebrew Nakba in 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 site is deserted and covered with grass, a few fig trees, stones, and the ruins of stone houses. The walls of one destroyed house still stand

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Pictures

Village Rubble In 1987

موقع القرية من الجهة الشرقية - 1/6/2003

أثار حجرية موجودة غربي القرية - 1/6/2003

مدخل لقبور قديمة محفورة في الصخر غربي القرية - 1/6/2003

مدخل لقبور قديمة محفورة في الصخر غربي القرية#2 - 1/6/2003

موقع عين السكر والعروس التي استعملها اهل القرية , في الوادي الواقع جنوبي القرية - 1/6/2003

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Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Sign Ghabbatiyya's Guest Book - سجل الزوار	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟	0

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