Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 11, 1948
Distance from district center	28 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #11 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with exception of the village school, a British Mandate government's office, and the village mosque.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Khalisa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 10,773 Jewish 0 Public 507 Total 11,280
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 5,586 Planted W/ Cereal 3,775 Built up 20 Cultivable 9,361 Non-Cultivable 1,899
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 160 19th century 50 1931 1,369 1945 1,840 1948 2,134 Est. Refugees 1998 13,108
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 259 1948 403
Schools	The village had an elementary school for boys, which used to admit students from neighboring villages.
Inhabitants place of origin	al-Ghawarina clan were the original founders of the village and constituted most of the population
Local council	The village had council that administered the village affairs
Religious institutions	One mosque (still standing, but it needs renovations guys!)
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Qiryat Shemona
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
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:
Stone rubble from the houses marks the site. The school and the Mandate government's office buildings stand abandoned, as does the village mosque and minaret. The level land surrounding the site is cultivated by the settlement of Qiryat Shemona, while the mountainous areas are either used as pastures or are wooded