Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 4, 1948
Distance from district center	8.5 (km) South East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #69 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Matate (Broom) part of Operation Yiftach
Israeli attacking brigade	Some unknown brigade from the Haganah
Refugees' migration route	Refugees fled eastwards into Syria.
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been burned and destroyed on the 17th of June 1948.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Zanghariyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 27,856 Jewish 0 Public 62 Total 27,918
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 7,265 Cultivable 7,265 Non-Cultivable 20,653
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 374 1931 526 1945 840 1948 974 Est. Refugees 1998 5,984
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 97 1948 179
Town's name through history	The village was named after the 'Arab al-Zanghariyya Bedouin tribe, who first used the village as a camping ground and then gradually settled on village lands.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated close to Wadi al-Ghara.
Water supplies	Wadi al-Ghara supplied the village with several springs
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Elifelet and the private farm of Kare Deshe
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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:
All that is left are blocks of basalt that once had been parts of twelve houses. Although the houses have been demolished, some of their walls are still standing. Near the remnants of the village houses are stone barriers that form parts of livestock enclosures.

• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Khamis Jaradat al-Zanghari