Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 3, 1948
Distance from district center	28.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	650 (meters)
Map location	See location number #8 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the boys elementary school
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Hunin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 13,623 Jewish 486 Public 115 Total 14,224
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 859 19 Area planted w/ olives 152 0 Planted W/ Cereal 6,092 290 Built up 81 0 Cultivable 6,951 309 Non-Cultivable 6,706 177
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 1,075 1945 1,620 1948 1,879 Est. Refugees 1998 11,540
Schools	One elementary school for boys (still standing, but it needs renovations guys)
Religious institutions	One mosque
Archeological sites	The village contained a Crusaders castle called Chastel Neuf
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Misgav 'Am and Margaliyyot (settled by Iraqi and Yamani Arab Jews)
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 cemetery , the elementary school, and the castle built by the Crusaders remain. The castle is a tourist attraction, and the school is used by Israelis as an agricultural warehouse. The lands in the vicinity are cultivated by the settlers