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| Abu al-Fadl District of al-Ramla أبو الفضل/السطرية - אבו אל-פדל Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 9, 1948
Distance from district center
4 (km) Northwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #11 on the map
Israeli military operation
First stage of Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade
Either Har'el Brigade or Giva'ti Brigade
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisAbu Fadl was mostly destroyed, and only five of its houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisMostly terrorized out after the attack on Bir Salim on the May 9th, 1948.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,717
Jewish
0
Public
153
Total
2,870
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
818
Irrigated & Plantation
822
Planted W/ Cereal
1,035
Built up
42
Cultivable
2,675
Non-Cultivable
153
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
1,565
1945
510
1948
592
Est. Refugees 1998
3,633
Town's name through history
The village was also known by al-Sawtariyya.
Inhabitants place of origin
Most villagers trace their roots back to nomadic Bedouins from nearby Khan Yunis (in the Occupied Gaza Strip), known by the 'Arab Abu al-Fadl or al-Satariyya.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The suburbs of Rishon le-Tziyyon
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Of the original village houses, no more than five still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing. One of these houses, located at the edge of a citrus grove, is made of cement blocks, with rectangular doors and windows and a tiled, sloping roof".
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