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Occupation Date

July 17, 1948

Distance From District

31 (km) North East of Gaza

Elevation

100 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Pre-Nakba Aerial View

Map Location

See location #24 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Either An Far or Operation Barak (lightening)

Attacking Units

Giv'ati Brigade

Defenders

Egyptian Army

Exodus Cause

Military assault by Zionist troops

Village Temains

The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.

Ethnically Cleansing

Hatta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	5,193
Jewish	0
Public	112
**Total	5,305

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation	4
Planted W/ Cereal	5,108
Built up	45
Arable	5,112
Non-Arable	148

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1922	570
1931	646
1945	970
1948	1,125
Est. Refugees 1998	6,910

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	140
1948	243

Near By Towns

'Ibdis ↖	al-Jaladiyya ↑ (N)	al-Jaladiyya ↗
Jusayr ←	Hatta	→ Bayt 'Affa
↙ Karatiyya	↓ al-Faluja	↘ 'Iraq al-Manshiyya

Schools

Hatta had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1923, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 73 students.

Inhabitants Place of Origin

It's possible that al-Hut tribe, originally from Najd in central Arabia, was the first to settle in the village.

Places of Warship

One Mosque

Archeological Sites

Hatta had two khirbats which contained the foundations of buildings, a polygon-shaped column, the capital of a column, and fragments of pottery.

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

Rehava, Zavdi'el, & Alumma.

Village Before Nakba

The village was situated in a flat area on the southern coastal plain. It was probably named after the Arab tribe of al-Hut, originally from Najd (in central Arabia), which camped near the site at the end of the fifth century A.D. The Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi (d. 1228) referred to it as Hattawa and said it was the home of the Islamic scholar Amru al-Hattawi.

In 1838 the biblical scholar Edward Robinson passed by the village and saw that it was built of adobe brick. Later in the nineteenth century, the village of Hatta was surrounded by gardens, some of which contained a few tamarisk trees. During the Mandate, the British built a military base between Hatta and al-Faluja, 2 km to the south.

The village was laid out in a grid with an overall rectangular plan, and its houses were built of adobe brick. Hatta's population consisted of Muslims, who maintained a village mosque. Hatta had an elementary school, opened in 1923, which 73 students attended by the mid-1940s. The village fell within the jurisdiction of al-Faluja, on which it relied for health, administrative, and commercial services. The primary economic activity of the inhabitants was rainfed agriculture; they grew grain, fruit trees, and vegetables. In 1944/45 a total of 5,108 dunums was allotted to cereals; 4 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. In addition to cultivating crops, some people raised sheep. Hatta was constructed on top of an archaeological site. Two other archaeological sites, a tell and a khirba, were located west and north of the village. They contained, among other things, the foundations of buildings, a polygon-shaped column, the capital of a column, and fragments of pottery.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Hatta was occupied during the Giv'ati Brigade's operations on the southern front, in the ten-day period between the two truces (8–18 July 1948). Israeli historian Benny Morris dates its occupation slightly earlier, on 14–15 July. The second major offensive on this front was launched on 17–18 July, just before the second truce was to take effect; the offensive failed to achieve a breakthrough towards the Negev but succeeded in taking a few important positions from the Egyptian army, including Hatta. The History of the War of Independence account reads as follows: 'Hatta was stormed by a platoon of Battalion 3/Givati after a concentrated and brief burst of fire, and the Egyptians fled from it.' The operational orders called for the expulsion of civilians, ostensibly 'to prevent enemy infiltration.' The combined effect of the operations on the southern front was to extend the area of Israeli control southwards and eastwards and to drive over 20,000 people from at least sixteen villages. Renewed military activity around Hatta took place at the beginning of the second truce of the war. The New York Times correspondent reported on 30 July that there had been a 'rather serious engagement between Hatta and Iraq al Manshiya.' The skirmish reportedly began when an Israeli convoy tried to reach colonies in the Hatta–Karatiyya area. The Egyptians later filed a complaint of a truce violation but the United Nations commission confirmed that the village had been occupied by the Israelis prior to the truce.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

In August 1948, a settlement named Rehava was slated to be built on the site of the village, but the plan does not appear to have been implemented, at least not within the following year. The settlement of Zavdi'el was established in 1950 on village lands, and Alumma was founded in 1965. Qomemiyyut, although not on village land, is close by, to the northwest, as is Rewacha, founded in 1953 to the west of the site, on the lands of Karatiyya.

Village Today

A small portion of the site is covered by a forest, planted by Israelis. The debris of houses are scattered under the trees. Sycamore trees and cactuses also grow on the site. The surrounding lands are cultivated. The British-built military airport is still in use.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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Pre-Nakba Aerial view of the village / صورة من الجو للقرية اخذت قبل النكبة

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
حسن جمعه	جمعه(الحتاوي)	القدس,الرام, فلسطين
اياد عبد الكريم محمد ابو الخير	جمعة	جرش, الأردن
nazmi yousef ghanem	ghanem	california, United States
مؤيد الربيعي	الربيعي	عين الباشا, الاردن
ابن رفح الصمود	ياسين	-
حمزة الطويسي	-	-
رفيق محمد احمد الطويسي	الطويسي	عمان
محمود لافي	لافي	عمان, الاردن
monther Ghanem	-	KSA, KSA
محمد مفرح	شبانه	الجيزه, حتا
محمد غانم	غانم	-
حلا الورد	حماد	-
Alaa Dalbah	Dalbah	-
ABU LIETH	-	DOHA _ QATAR, HATA(حتا)
أبوعزات	حتا	رقح - فلسطين
حنان عبد الرحمن	شبانة	عمان , الأردن
ابو ياسر الحوت	ياسين	ولاية حتا, ولاية حتا
ابو البراااء الحتاوي حمدان	حمدان	الدمام
أبو جلال	غانم	الشارقه, الإمارات العربيه
alhetawe	hattawe	SIMI VALLEY, United States
saleh taleeb	-	-
سامي غانم	غانم	ابو ظبي, الامارات العربية المتحدة
ABO JAD	-	AMMAN
محمد جمعه	غانم	غزة , فلسطين
أبو سعيد	جمعة	الأرهاب, الأرهاب
أبو مجاهد	جمعة	رفح, رفح
ابو حتا	-	jordan, jordan
Mohammad Ahmad Ghanem	Ghanem	Auckland, New Zealand
جلال غانم	غانم	دبي, دولة الإمارات
هبة الطويسي	-	جرش, الاردن
متاب شبانة	-	____, بالاردن
صالح لافي	-	-
Hattawi	Ghanim	Amman, Amman
Mahoud Juma'a	-	AbuDhabi, UAE
أبو المجد	غانم	غزة, فلسطين
صقر ابو سته	-	الاردن, الاردن
ابو محمود	شبانه	الاردن , حتا
أبو أنس	شبانة	رفح, قطاع غزة
أبو أنس	شبانة	قطاع غزة, فلسطين
منال	-	جرش/مخيم جرش, الاردن
Mahmoud Abdelnasser Shabaneh	شبانه	Amman, Jordan
محمد ابراهيم سعد	شبانة	عمان, الأردن
أنس	شبانة	عمان, الأردن
ابراهيم	شبانه	عمان, Palestine
ابو ياسر	يحيى	رفح, رفح
م-محمد حلمي لافي	لافي	عمان, عمان
لؤي شبانة	-	-
ابو مـهـنـد	الحمادنه	-
abu albraa HAMDAN	hamdan	baqaa, jordan
ابو دلال	حمدان	الباقاء, الاردن
Ahmed Shabaneh	Shabaneh	Dubai, UAE
صلاح اسحق عيد شبانة (ابو عطوة)	شبانة	-
waleed ali lafi	-	eastern province, saudi arabia
hattawi85	عيسى	جرش, الاردن
salah eldeen	jomaa	-
زيد أبوأسامه	طليب	عمان
محمد لافي	لافي	الرياض, السعودية
ibrahim lafi	lafi	dubai, u.a.e
محمد	جمعة	غزة, غزة
ابوكريم	ياسين	-
محمد	حمدان	البقعة
أبو فارس	-	فلسطين
quosai	hamdan	gaza, palestine
فتحي محمود لافي	لافي	جرش, الاردن
خليل صبح	شبانه	-
ابوطروق	شبانه	-
محمد الطويسي	hg',dsd	Irbid- Jordan
د.نايف عمر لافي	لافي	الدوحة, قطر
نزار جابر	شبانة	عمان, الأردن
حسين علي لافي	لافي	الدوحة, قطر
mariam	muosa	Al-khader, bethlehem
لبيب شبانه	شبانه	الأحساء, السعوديه
عيسى لافي	لافي	-
ISSA MOUSA GHANEM	-	DOHA, QATER
محمد اسماعيل عبد اللة	-	الاردن
مجد العرب	أبوبطنين	الكويت
ehab hamdan	Hamdan	البقعة, الاردن
زهير	عيسى	القدس, الرام
حتاوي	حتا	عمان, الاردن
فؤاد عيسى	عيسى	الاردن
Ahmad AbdElqader	-	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Ghanem	Ghanem	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Manal	yasin	kualalumpur, malaysia
YOUSEF TALEEP	TALEEP	amman, JORDAN
Dr. Noaman El-Khatib	Easa	Khartoum, Sudan
Abo Lafi	Lafi	Jordan, Jordan
Ahmad Lafi	Lafi	Amman, Jordan
DR.GHANEM	Alhattawi	GEORGIA, USA
Mohammad Fawzi Lafi	Lafi	Jordan, Jordan
[email protected]	-	-
Khalid Ghanem	Ghanem	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hatta	-	Hatta, Hatta
raf7awe	ability	palestine, palestine
abdullah issa	issa	amman \ hynazal, jordan
Ghassan Lafi	-	Amman, Jordan
Ahmad Ghanim	Ghanim	Zarqa, JORDAN
Tariq Lafi	Lafi	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Abdel Qader Saleh Lafi	Lafi	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Abu Ahmad	Lafi	Dubai, Dubai
Adel Ghanem	-	-
Mohammed Ghanim	Ghanim	OHIO, USA
Mahmoud Lafi	Lafi	Safout, Jordan
Mohammad Lafi	-	Baqa'a Camp, jordan
ابراهيم ياسين	ياسين	غزه, فلسطين

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