Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 10, 1948
Distance from district center	1 (km) South of Safad
Elevation from the sea	600 (meters)
Map location	See location number #67 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	Second Yarmuk Battalion of the Arab Liberation Army and local Palestinian militia (numbered less than 20)
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Many of the villagers fled to al-Farradiyya and al-Sammu'i soon after occupation.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,771 Jewish 0 Public 2 Total 6,773
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 810 Planted W/ Cereal 3,042 Built up 28 Cultivable 3,852 Non-Cultivable 2,893
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 308 19th century 100 1922 212 1931 256 1945 350 Est. Refugees 1998 2,493
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 53
Schools	Village students attended school in Safad
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated close to Wadi al-Laymun.
Water supplies	The nearby Wadi al-Laymun contained several springs and wells.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Jewish Safad has engulfed the village center.
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:
The entire topography of the place has been altered, as Safad's expansion has taken over the site. A street that is part of the urban neighborhood crosses the site and leads to a recently-built cluster of houses. However, the stone debris from demolished houses can be identified, along with iron supports that protrude from the ruined cement walls

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