Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 28, 1948
Distance from district center	17 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	245 (meters)
Map location	See location number #27 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Defenders	Lebanese Army & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Qadas inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 10,644 Jewish 3,491 Public 4 Total 14,139
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 156 165 Area planted w/ olives 286 0 Planted W/ Cereal 5,709 3,307 Built up 20 19 Cultivable 5,865 3,472 Non-Cultivable 4,763 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 319 19th century 100 1931 273 1945 390 1948 452 Est. Refugees 1998 2,778
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 56 1948 92
Water supplies	Qadas draw it water supplies from a small nearby wadi which contained many springs
Archeological sites	The village contained a Roman temple at the site dated to the first two centuries A.D
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yiftach, Malkiyya, and Ramot Naftali
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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:
Stones from the destroyed houses are strewn over the fenced-in site, and a few partially destroyed walls near the spring are visible. The flat portions of the surrounding lands are planted with apple trees; the spring provides drinking water for cattle.