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| Qaytiyya District of Safad قيطية - קיטיה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 19, 1948
Distance from district center
28 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #14 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
Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisMostly destroyed with the exception of few stone houses
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisMostly ethnically cleansed as a result of a campaign of psychological warfare on the 19th of May 1948. Completely ethnical cleansed in June 1949
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,682
Jewish
183
Public
525
Total
5,390
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
19
0
Irrigated & Plantation
4,465
183
Planted W/ Cereal
44
0
Built up
93
0
Cultivable
4,528
183
Non-Cultivable
586
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
824
1945
940
1948
1,090
Est. Refugees 1998
6,696
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
163
1948
215
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village was bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kefar Blum and Beyt Hillel are near by village lands
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Only a few stones from the old village are still visible. The surrounding land is cultivated, except for a small section that contains stone rubble and is overgrown with thorny plants and eucalyptus trees
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