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| Abu Shusha District of al-Ramla ابو شوشة - אבו שושה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 14, 1948
Distance from district center
8.5 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
200 (meters)
Map location
See location number #37 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders
Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Israeli acts of terror
Birzeit University, in the occupied West Bank, uncovered a massacre occured in the village soon after occupation. Their research stated that more than 60 unarmed villager were hacked to death. For more detail account of such masscare, click here.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisAbu Shusha was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisAbu Shusha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,896
Jewish
6,337
Public
192
Total
9,425
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
54
0
Planted W/ Cereal
2,475
5,569
Built up
24
0
Cultivable
2,529
5,569
Non-Cultivable
535
768
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
100
1922
603
1931
627
1945
870
1948
1,009
Est. Refugees 1998
6,198
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
145
1948
233
Town's name through history
The Old Testament referred to Abu Shusha by the City of Gezer, the Romans called it Gazara, and the Crusades known it by Mont Gisart.
Schools
An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1947, and it had an initial enrollment of 33 boys.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Archeological sites
The village was the location of a battle between the Crusades and the troops of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Ameilim, Pedaya, & Gezer.
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External Links
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi no remaining structures on the village are still standing. Currently, village land is being farmed by the neighboring Jewish settlements.
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