Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 14, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) South of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #33 on the map
Israeli military operation	First stage of Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Israeli acts of terror	Some of the villagers were taken as hostages by the Haganah to ensure that the village surrenders peacefully.
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Na'ani was mostly destroyed with the exception of the train station and couple of deserted houses (one of those houses belongs to Ahmad Jubayl).
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	On June 10th, 1948, al-Na'ani was completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 9,768 Jewish 5,832 Public 529 Total 16,129
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 0 2,375 Irrigated & Plantation 335 663 Planted W/ Cereal 9,277 2,769 Built up 51 0 Cultivable 9,612 5,807 Non-Cultivable 634 25
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 1,004 1931 1,142 1945 2,060 (590 Jewish) 1948 1,705 Est. Refugees 1998 10,472
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 300 1948 447
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1923, and in 1947 it had an enrollment of 208 students.
Religious institutions	Two mosques: the 1st was old, and the other was more recent.
Water supplies	An old well located to the southwest which used to supply the village with its drinking water needs.
Archeological sites	al-Na'ani contains khirbat Tall Malat, which was identified with the Canaanite settlement of Gibbethon.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Na'an and Ramot Me'ir
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, all that remains of the village:
"The main landmark, the railway station, is now deserted. The railway line itself is used by Israel and now extends south to Beersheba. Two deserted houses (including one belonging to Ahmad Jubayl) still remain, together with portions of houses utilized mainly for storing agricultural equipment. "

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