Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 30, 1948
Distance from district center	15.5 (km) West of Safad
Elevation from the sea	800 (meters)
Map location	See location number #48 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani's First Battalion and Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of one house, a village well, and the shrine for al-Nabi Sabalan.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Sabalan inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,262 Jewish 0 Public 536 Total 1,798
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 144 Area planted w/ olives 65 Planted W/ Cereal 421 Built up 14 Cultivable 565 Non-Cultivable 1,219
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 100 1922 68 1931 94 1945 70 1948 81 Est. Refugees 1998 499
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 18 1948 18
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	The village contained a shrine or a tomb for one al-Nabi Sabalan
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No settlements on village lands
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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:
Only one village house and a well remain. The house is now occupied by the guard and caretakers of the shrine of al-Nabi Sabalan, which stands opposite the house. New buildings have been constructed for visitors to the shrine, which is sacred to the Druze