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Welcome To Bayt Daras District of Gaza بيت دراس - בית דראס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
Israeli occupation date | May 11, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Distance from district center | 32 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||
Elevation from the sea | 50 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
Map location | See location number #11 on the map | ||||||||||||||
Israeli military operation | Operation Barak (lightening) | ||||||||||||||
Israeli attacking brigade | Giv'ati Brigade | ||||||||||||||
Village defenders | Sudanese Army soldiers. | ||||||||||||||
Israeli acts of terror | Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants. | ||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Bayt Daras inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
Land ownership before occupation |
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Land usage in 1945 |
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Population before occupation |
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Number of houses |
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Schools | Bayt Daras had an elementary school which was founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 234 students. | ||||||||||||||
Religious institutions | Two mosques | ||||||||||||||
Archeological sites | The village contained stone foundations and vaulted rooms. | ||||||||||||||
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | 'Azriqam, Emunim, and Khirbat 'Awda | ||||||||||||||
Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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More Information |
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The only remains of village buildings are the foundation of one house and some scattered rubble. At least one of the old streets is clearly recognizable"
Nakba Oral History Interview from Abu al-Sous on Vimeo. |
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Nakba Oral History Interview from Abu al-Sous on Vimeo. |
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Nakba Oral History Interview from Abu al-Sous on Vimeo. |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
ريم أبوشمالة | أبوشمالة | - |
د-محمد نصار | نصار | الرياض |
ابو محمود | بارود | NRW, بيت داراس المانيا |
Ahmad Salem Al yazouri | اليازوري | AbuDhabi |
محمد عبد القادر إسماعيل عمار | عائلة عمار | - |
ماجد | أبو شمّالة | دمشق مخيم اليرموك , سوريا |
محمود تايه | تايه | غزة |
محمد أبو شمالة | أبو شمالة | غزة |
DESERT F O X | ابو شمالة | -, GAZA |
نبيل موسى | موسى | غزة |
حسن أبو شمالة | أبو شمالة | غزة |
لينا بارود | بارود | عمان, الاردن |
أبو صهيب | العسكري | غزة - معسكر جباليا |
حسين الحاج خليل | أبوشمالة | الزرقاء, الأردن |
مجد أبو شمالة | أبو شمالة | غزة |
أبو أحمد | الخطيب | - |
مفيد أحمد | أبوشمالة | - |
مصعب تايه | تايه | qatar |
ابومحمود | المقادمة | عمان, الاردن |
الحوت | ابو شمالة | قطاع غزة, فلسطين |
ابوعبدالله | - | جدة, السعودية |
أبو المعتصم | عابد | غزة, فلسطيني |
عمار | أبو شمالة | بيت دراس, النمسا |
Yahya | المقادمة | - |
ESSAM ABU SHAMMALAH | ABU SHAMMALAH | RIYADH, KSA |
sakooob | - | - |
محمد المقادمة | المقادمة | - |
zombe | - | - |
Mohamed Mutawe Hassan abu-shamala | - | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
مفتول | - | gaza |
ساره | - | amman |
احمد ابوشماله | - | - |
شاهين | أبو شمالة | - |
مصعب | - | - |
إسماعيل احمد فضل شاهين | ابو شماله | دبي, الامارات |
kamham mohammad abushamaleh | - | - |
FEW 2008 | SHAMMALA | GAZA, PALESTINE |
مجاهد البدرساوي | أبو شمالة | غزة, فلسطين |
عقيل | أبو شمالة | - |
أبو عبادة المقدسي | - | - |
أبوأحمد | الخطيب | خانيونس |
ابو عمار | عائلة عمار | - |
أبوصخر | المقادمة | al remal, فلسطين |
faried aboushamalah | motawe aboushamalah | ontario, canada |
khaled abu shamaleh | - | saudi arabia, 009662 |
Hisham Ammar | - | Copenhagen, Denmark |
عادل رشيد أبو انس | الأسعد | - |
khalid younis | al mqadmeh | - |