Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 21, 1948
Distance from district center	8 (km) North of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	-150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #5 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade	Some unidentified troops from the Palmach
Defenders	Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Refugees' migration route	Ghuwayr Abu Shusha inhabitants were ethnically cleansed to the Galilean town of al-Rama, east of Acre.
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Ghuwayr Abu Shusha was completely obliterated with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The villagers were terrorized out of the village on 21st-28th of April 1948
Terminating refugee camps	Some of the villagers ended up in 'Ayn al-Hilwa, Saydun refugee camp in southern Lebanon
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,609 Jewish 3,439 Public 50 Total 12,098
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 21 94 Irrigated & Plantation 1,377 1,450 Planted W/ Cereal 1,848 1,854 Built up 6 41 Cultivable 3,246 3,398 Non-Cultivable 5,407 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 1,240 1948 1,438 Est. Refugees 1998 8,833
Inhabitants place of origin	Originally, the village was founded by al-Ghawarina and al-Samakiyya Bedouin tribes
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Muhammad (remain standing).
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was nearby Wadi Rubadiyya
Water supplies	The village had several nearby springs, which provided it with its dinking water needs.
Archeological sites	The village contained Khirbat Abu Shusha, which had the ruins of water-powered mills.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ginnosar and Livnim
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:
The village site is covered with thorns and wild vegetation, including Christ's-thorn trees and cactuses. The shrine of Shaykh Muhammad and the remains of a mill can be seen among piles of stones and a few olive trees

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