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District of Gaza
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Occupation Date | May 12, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 18 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 100 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #40 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | Operation Barak (lightening) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attacking Units | Negev Brigade in coordination with the Giv'ati Brigade | ||||||||||||||||||
Acts of Terror | Massacre occured by Zionist troops against the town's inhabitants. | ||||||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||||||||
Village Temains | The The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | Burayr inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
Beror Chayil, Telamim, Cheletz, Sde Dawid, and Zohar | ||||||||||||||||||
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Village Before NakbaThe village was situated on uneven ground on the southern coastal plain. Wadi al-Qa'a crossed its eastern periphery. A major inland highway that linked towns in the coastal plain with Gaza passed the village on its east side, connecting it with localities to the north and the south. This highway crossed the al-Faluja–al-Majdal highway (which ran east to west) about 9 km north of the village. Burayr has been identified as the Buriron of Byzantine sources. In 1596, Burayr was a village in the nahiya of Gaza (liwa' of Gaza), with a population of 1,155. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, and fruit, as well as on other types of produce, such as goats and beehives.In 1838 the American biblical scholar Edward Robinson found that Burayr was 'a flourishing village forming a sort of central point in the plain. It [had] a large public well, at which camels were drawing water by means of a Sâkieh, or water wheel with jars….' Forty years later Burayr was described as a large village with a water wheel to the east, a pool to the north, and a garden to the south. It had a quasi-circular layout, although the placement of its (mostly adobe brick) houses was somewhat irregular. During the Mandate period, the village expanded west toward a slightly higher hill, preserving the agricultural land on the other sides. The inhabitants of Burayr were Muslims and worshipped in a mosque at the center of the village. The marketplace, a clinic, and a grain mill were also located at the center. Two primary schools, one for girls and a second for boys, were founded in 1920, and had an enrollment of 241 students in 1947. Water for domestic needs was supplied by three wells inside the village; toward the end of the Mandate, the villagers drilled artesian wells. The village economy received a boost in the 1940s, when the Iraq Petroleum Company discovered oil in the vicinity of Burayr and drilled an oil well, 1 km to the north. The activities of the marketplace were supplemented by a weekly Wednesday market that attracted other villagers and Bedouin. The villagers worked mainly in agriculture (both rainfed and irrigated), and some also raised animals. They cultivated grain, fruits―especially citrus, grapes and figs―and vegetables. In 1944/45 a total of 43,319 dunums were allocated to cereals; 409 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Burayr was constructed on an archaeological site where fragments of earlier architecture were visible. In addition, four archaeological sites (Khirbat Sha'ratta, Tall al-Mashanaqa, Khirbat al-Marashan, and Khirbat Umm Laqis) are found in the vicinity. Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningA significant foray into Burayr occurred in the early weeks of the war, on 29 January 1948. A correspondent for the Palestinian newspaper Filastin wrote that Zionist forces used five armored cars in the attack, which was repulsed without resulting in any casualties. A similar attack took place the following month on the afternoon of 14 February. This time, the newspaper reported, a Jewish convoy passed through Burayr, exchanged fire with its defenders, and escaped. The next day, two villagers were wounded when British troops forcibly removed a barricade at the entrance to the village.The first step in the Zionist conquest of Burayr was effected with the establishment of a military settlement just outside the village. The settlement, Beror Chayil, was established on a hilltop less than a mile from Burayr on 20 April 1948. The New York Times correspondent reported that, 'When the Arabs [of Burayr] awoke, they found the Jews setting up prefabricated houses and building a defensive wall and watchtower.' The settlers were World War II veterans of the British army who had emigrated to Palestine. Some of the villagers opened fire on the Zionist settlers but by noon, the buildings were already in place. Just over three weeks later, during the night of 12–13 May, the Palmach's Negev Brigade struck at the village in coordination with the Giv'ati Brigade's Operation Barak. The History of the Haganah, which refers to Burayr as 'the village of the killers' (without further explanation) says that the village was occupied 'in one strike.' Zionists Colonies on Village LandsFive Israeli settlements have been established on village lands: Beror Chayil in 1948; Telamim and Cheletz in 1950; Sde Dawid in 1955; and Zohar in 1956.Village TodayScattered cactuses as well as some lotus and sycamore trees grow on the site. One can see remnants of houses, including an insubstantial portion of a cement wall, among some eucalyptus trees at the entrance of one house. Some village streets are still visible. The lands around the site are cultivated.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
احمد منصور | - | Toronto, Canada |
محمد احمد يوسف عبيد - (أبو عبيد) | عبيد - العبيات | مكة المكرمة, السعودية |
بشير علي رزق | - | - |
ابو حمزة | - | معسكر جباليا, برير |
محمد العطل | العطل | السويد - إوبسالا |
عبدالرحمن ذيب العربيد | العبيات | Texas, الولايات المتحدة |
باسل محمد النيرب | - | - |
بسام النيرب | الجبور | شمال غزة, شمال غزة |
صيدلي/ خليل سالم خليل محمود ظاهر | المقالدة | مخيم جرش/ الاردن, السعودية |
رافت حمد | حمد | غزة, فلسطين |
ابو العز | العبيات | رفح |
محمد عبدالله | عطالله حسين | غزة - الزيتون, برير |
عيد صباح | العبيات | غزة, برير |
نضال جمال عبد الناصر ياسين أبو حبل | الحبول /العبيات | شمال غزة, فلسطين |
أ . جمال عبد الناصر ياسين ابو حبل | الحبول ، العبيات | شمال غزة , فلسطين |
MUTAZ MOUSA THAHER | THAHER | AMMAN, JORDAN |
شوقي ظاهر | المقالدة | ـ, الرياض |
حسام علي محمد الأقرع | الأقرع ـ حبول ـ عبيات | Evian les Bains, France |
د. هشام عي محمد الأقرع | الحبول- العبيات | مخيم جباليا, فلسطين |
هانى العطل | الرزاينة | شمال غزة |
نعيم الخطيب | الخطيب | غزة-جباليا, برير |
عائد محمد شعبان أيوب | الرزاينة | شمال غزة, فلسطين |
محمد موسى الرزاينة | الرزاينة | القصيم, القصيم |
محمد محمود محمد صباح | - | غزة |
عبدالله حسن محمود صباح | العبيات | غزة, برير |
ماجد أبوحبل | - | غزة, غزة |
Mohamed Khalil Sabbah | العبيات | Kuwait, Kuwait |
khalid gharib | الرزاينة | - |
Ibrahim Abou Sakhela | - | Kuwait |
محمد رأفت حسين ظاهر | المقالدة | فلسطين, فلسطين |
حسين رأفت حسين ظاهر | المقالدة | شمال غزة/فلسطين |
ملتقى امي فلسطين | المقالدة | - |
الأستاذ/ رشيد رشيد إسماعيل أبو سخيلة | برير | شمال غزة, برير |
أبوشهاب | علي حسين | غزة |
احمد نبيل عقل | العجاجرة | غزة |
الأستاذ / رأفت حسين محمد ظاهر(أبو حسين) | المقالدة | شمال غزة, برير |
د/محمد حسين محمد ظاهر(أبو يزن) | المقالة | شمال غزة, برير |
م/ علاء حسين محمد ظاهر | المقالدة | شمال غزة, برير |
عبد الكريم الكيلاني | الكيلاني | مادبا, الاردن |
العبيات | العربيد | مادبا |
حسام جميل خالد سرحان | العبيات | غزة, فلسطين |
نبيل عقل | العجاجرة | غزة, فلسطين |
نائلة العربيد | - | غزة, فلسطين _غزة |
wael Thaher | Thaher | QATAR |
دكتور سعود خليل الأقرع | حبول العبيات | فلسطين, فلسطين |
طلال نصرالله(حمد) | المقالده | - |
حازم | العبيات | - |
بيانولا | العبيات | عمان |
ابو محمد | الرزاينة | تل الزعتر, فلسطين |
ابو زكي | - | - |
اسماعيل أيوب | محيسن | Doha, Qatar |
أبو عبيد | العبيات | مكة المكرمة, المملكة العربية السعودية |
الرزاينة | الرزاينة | ليبيا |
مكرم | - | الاردن |
اسماعيل عوض | عوض | غزة |
سمّور | سمّور | ابوظبي, الامارات |
israa | - | béjaia, Palestine |
احمد ابو سخيلة | المقالدة | دمشق, سوريا |
لؤي حسن عفانة | العبيات | Kiev, Ukraine |
الخطيب | - | الدوحة - قطر |
نادر شامية | شامية | Abu-Dhabi, Abu-Dhabi |
علاء ظاهر | - | - |
حازم أيوب | شامية | Doha, Qatar |
يوسف عفانة | العبيات | mi, USA |
معتز النيرب | - | - |
خليل ظاهر | المقالده | عمان |
معين | - | برير |
أبومالك | العجاجرة | غزة, برير |
خالد صباح | العبيات | جباليا |
محمود ابو عائد | العبيات | - |
عبدالرحمن | العربيد | غزة |
tahroooj | - | برير, برير |
محمد أبوهزاع | المقالده | - |
أحمد ظاهر | ظاهر | الكويت |
محمود عقل | عقل | - |
محمد يونس محمد سرحان | حبول عبيات | دبي , دبي |
وفاء يونس محمد سرحان | الحبول | عمان, الأردن |
عبدالكريم محمد حسين (جبور) | حسين (جبور) | فلسطين, دير البلح |
أحمد سرحان | - | - |
spectrom | obaiat | center, KSA |
عماد | الرزاينة | غزة, غزة |
محمد علي سالم حمد | المقالدة | الاردن |
سالم علي سالم حمد | المقالده | الاردن |
اياد علي سالم حمد | المقالده | الاردن |
محمد خالد سرحان | سرحان-ال عبيات | Kuwait, Kuwait |
جهاد علي سالم حمد | المقالدة | الاردن |
اسماعيل سرحان | عبيات | غزة, فلسطين |
ماكرو ابو العزم | - | - |
ابو يوسف | العبيات | شعشاعه, شعشاعه |
ابو شكيان | المقالدة | - |
Ali Abu Safyiah | ابو صفية | PALESTINE, BETHLEHEM |
Arafat | العبيات | Amman, Jordan |
عيد العربيد | عربيد | - |
رائد محمد حسين ابوحبل | العبيات | عمان, عمان |
سهم الأمس | - | - |
ذيب العربيد | العربيد | - |
عا د ل محمد حسين أبو حبل | العبيات | عمان, الأردن |
احمد ابوحبل | العبيات | عمان, الاردن |
الحساسنة | الحساسنة | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
بشرى يونس محمد سرحان | الحبول | عمان |
خالد الحساسنه | الحساسنة | Amman, Jordan |
امنه كمال عبد العال | عبد العال | غزة |
محمد ظاهر | - | - |
حسن محيسن | محيسن | برير |
Mohammed Thaher | - | Canterbury, New Zealand |
ابو يوسف | المقالدة | خان يونس, فلسطين |
abu jamal | BAKER | - |
خليلية | خليلية | جبع |
khitam abu hamad | - | - |
Abdalrahman Thaher | THAHER | qatar, qatar |
Sulaiman Thaher | Thaher | Qatar, Qatar |
رامي محمد عوض الله حمّاد حسين النيرب | - | الشارقة, دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة |
Ahmad Shaban Thaher | THAHER | QATAR, QATAR |
abo shaban | thaher | amman, jordan |
د خالد جميل سرحان | العبيات | - |
raed sabbah | sabbah | gaza, palestine |