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| Ghuwayr Abu Shusha District of Tiberias غُويّر أبو شوشة - ע'ויר אבו שושה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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 IsraelisGhuwayr Abu Shusha was completely obliterated with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisThe 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
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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
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External Links
Arabic
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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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