Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 1, 1948
Distance from district center	25.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #23 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.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Khiyam al-Walid was ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 1st of May 1948
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 161 Jewish 3,901 Public 153 Total 4,215
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 153 2,599 Planted W/ Cereal 0 502 Cultivable 153 3,101 Non-Cultivable 161 800
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 181 1945 280 1948 325 Est. Refugees 1998 1,995
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 42 1948 75
Town's name through history	Sense Khalid Ibn al-Walid has camped on in village in 642 A.D., the village was named after this occasion.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	A tomb of a Muslim sage known by al-Shaykh ibn al-Walid
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Lahavot ha-Bashan
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 site is deserted and overgrown with grass and thorns. There are a few carob trees, piles of stones, and crumbled terraces. The surrounding land is used by Israeli fanners for grazing

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