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| al-Maghar District of al-Ramla المغار - אל-מע'אר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 18, 1948
Distance from district center
12 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #40 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisOn June 10th 1948, the Jewish Army started leveling the village based on an order of Yosef Weitz (a Jewish National Fund official). However, few houses remain standing which were mostly looted by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Maghar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
11,252
Jewish
2,659
Public
1,479
Total
15,390
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
1,772
194
Irrigated & Plantation
86
0
Area planted w/ olives
22
0
Planted W/ Cereal
9,261
2,431
Built up
31
0
Cultivable
11,119
2,625
Non-Cultivable
1,581
34
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
966
1931
1,211
1945
1,740
1948
2,018
Est. Refugees 1998
12,395
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
255
1948
424
Schools
An elementary school for boys, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 170 students.
Notable people from town
In the eighth century A.D, the village was the birthplace of the Islamic jurist Abu al-Hasan Muhammad al-Maghari.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village is situated north of Wadi al-Maghar.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Beyt El'azari
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
"A number of houses still stand: four of them are occupied by Jewish families and the rest are deserted. Some walls of demolished houses are still erect. "
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