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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 25, 1948
Distance from district center	27 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #17 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 Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Dawwara was ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 25th of May 1948
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,547 Jewish 2,573 Public 170 Total 5,470
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 68 0 Irrigated & Plantation 2,135 2,095 Planted W/ Cereal 281 603 Built up 52 55 Cultivable 2,484 2,698 Non-Cultivable 181 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 552 1945 1,100 (400 Jewish) 1948 812 Est. Refugees 1998 4,987
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 106 1948 155
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village bordered three rivers that flowed into lake al-Hula: the al-Hasbani, Banyas, and Dan rivers
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kibbutz 'Amir and Sde Nechemya
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in 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:
There are hardly any traces of the village left; only a few building stones at the edge of a fish pond remain on the site. The entire area has been converted into a fish hatchery

 

 
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