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al-Butayha
District of Safad
البطيحه - אל-בוטיחה
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Town Statistics & Facts

Statistic/Fact Value

Israeli occupation date May 4, 1948

Distance from district center 13 (km) South East of Safad

Elevation from the sea -200 (meters)

Map location See location number #76 on the map

Israeli military operation Operation Matate (Broom) (a sub-operation of Operation Yiftach)

Israeli attacking brigade The Palmach's First Battalion

Defenders Local militia & Arab Liberation Army

Refugees' migration route Refugees were mostly forced into Syria.

Exodus Cause Expulsion 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 al-Butayha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Land ownership
before occupation

Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)

Arab 16,690

Jewish 0

Public 0

Total 16,690

Population
before occupation

Year Population

1945 650

1948 754

Est. Refugees 1998 4,630

Nearby wadies & rivers The village was situated 1/4 km east of the Jordan river and 2 km north of Lake Tiberias.

Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands Almagor settlement and a picnic area known by Park ha-Yarden.

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Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Only the black basalt walls of destroyed houses remain. Doum palms and olive trees grow among these ruins and further mark the site. A man-made canal runs in a north-south direction and turns eastward near the northern edge of the site

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Jordan River seen from west of the village site,1990

Village Rubble In 1990

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Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Sign al-Butayha's Guest Book - سجل الزوار	0
Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006 Marriage Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات الزواج	0
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Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى	0
Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟	0

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