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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 26, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	500 (meters)
Map location	See location number #57 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	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Qabba'a inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 13,437 Jewish 0 Public 380 Total 13,817
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 379 Area planted w/ olives 650 Planted W/ Cereal 7,966 Built up 66 Cultivable 8,345 Non-Cultivable 5,406
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 99 19th century 150 1931 256 1945 460 1948 534 Est. Refugees 1998 3,277
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 44 1948 91
Schools	One school
Religious institutions	One mosque
Water supplies	Water supplies ware drawn from four springs around the village
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Chatzor ha-Gelilit is nearby village lands
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 stone debris of destroyed houses covers the site, where shrubs, grass, cactuses, and fig and pine trees grow.

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Hani Shehadeh	Shehadeh	Ansareyeh /south lebanon, lebanon
eslam shaheen	-	jeddah, saudi arabia
AHMAD FANDI	-	-
احمد الشواهني	الشواهني	-
chawahen	ayman	århus, denmark
rana abdulmoti	shawaheen	-
Rawan Abdul Moti Shawaheen	Shawaheen	UAE, UAE
أياس شاهين	شواهين	دمشق, اليرموك
MOHIN	SHAWAHEEN	SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA
abo,jamal	-	damascus, syria
م . محمد ايوب الرفاعي	-	اليرموك, سورية
Hani Shahin	Shawaheen	Adelaide, Australia
Eng_maher Al refai	الرفاعي	-
yazan abu zubaid	abu zubaid	jordan, jordan
moonshawaheen	-	اربد, الاردن
roba shehady	shawaheen	lebanon
Hassan Hussein Chehadeh	-	-
Mahmoud	-	Damascus, Syria
Dalal Shehade	Bitonya	south, Lebanon
osama	alhawa	´skane, sweden
bent mussa	mussa	-
MAEN AL HAJ	-	QATAR , QATAR
Rasha SHawaheen	-	Damascus Syria, Syria
ahmad emad chihade	-	south of lebanon, south of lebanon
Ibrahim Chehadi	Hima	Dubai, UAE
Rami Shehadeh	-	UAE, Lebanon
barakat shahin	qubaa'	vaulx en velin, france
wael chehade	-	VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Aladdin Chehade	Chehade	Vienna, Austria
anwar shawaheen	shawaheen	damscus, syria
MOHAMAD YOSEF MOHAMAD SHAHEEN	shawaheen	-
moauamr shawieesh	قباعة	damascus, syria
Hassan Chehadeh	Chehade	-------, Lebanon

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