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| Mirun District of Safad ميرون - מירון Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 10, 1948
Distance from district center
5 (km) West of Safad
Elevation from the sea
750 (meters)
Map location
See location number #60 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade
Sheva' and Cammeli Brigades
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisMirun has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few rooms and rubble of destroyed houses.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisThe village was ethnically cleansed in two waves: the 1st was shortly after the capture of Safad by the Haganah on 10 May 1948, and the 2nd wave was by the end of October 1948.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
6,765
Jewish
5,839
Public
1510
Total
14,114
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ olives
200
0
Planted W/ Cereal
6,734
5,829
Built up
31
10
Cultivable
6,734
5,829
Non-Cultivable
1,510
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
715
19th century
50
1922
154
1931
189
1945
290
1948
336
Est. Refugees 1998
2,066
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
47
1948
83
Schools
Mirun had an elementary school for boys.
Shrines/maqams
A tomb/shrine for Palestinian Jew known by Rabbi Shim'on Bar Yochai
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village was situated just north of Wadi Mirun
Archeological sites
The village contained the remains of a synagogue which was constructed in the 1st century B.C.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Meron
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
While the Arab section of the village was demolished, several rooms and stone walls still stand. One of the walls has a rectangular door like opening and another has an arched entrance
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