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| al-Shawka al-Tahta District of Safad الشوكة التحتا - א-שוכה א-תחתא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 14, 1948
Distance from district center
31.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
175 (meters)
Map location
See location number #3 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
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Shawka al-Tahta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,009
Jewish
0
Public
123
Total
2,132
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,845
Planted W/ Cereal
140
Built up
17
Cultivable
1,985
Non-Cultivable
123
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
136
1945
200
1948
232
Est. Refugees 1998
1,425
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
31
1948
52
Archeological sites
The village contained two khirbas known by Tall al-Qadi and Khirbat al-Day'a
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Dan and Dafna
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Nothing remains of al-Shawka al- Tahta. Stone rubble from destroyed houses is for the most part hidden under eucalyptus trees and wild grasses. A few cactuses grow on the site
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