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Welcome To Karatiyya - كرتيا (כרתיא)
| District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli occupation date | July 17, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance from district | 29 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 100 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location #26 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation against town | Either Operation Barak or Operation Ya'ov | ||||||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Third Battalion of the Giv'ati Brigade and the Ninth Commando Battalion of the Armored Brigade. | ||||||||||||||
| Defenders | Egyptian Army | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction | The village was completely destroyed and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
Karatiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba land ownership |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Town's name through history | The Crusades built in Karatiyya a castle which was known by Galatie, from which it may have picked its name from. | ||||||||||||||
| Schools | Karatiyya had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1922, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 128 students. | ||||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | One mosque | ||||||||||||||
| Nearby wadies & rivers | Wadi al-Mufrid bordered the village from the east. | ||||||||||||||
| Archeological sites | Karatiyya contained number of khirbats dating from the days of the Mamluks and the Crusades periods. | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive Jewish colonies that usurped village lands |
Qomemiyyut, Nehora, and Rewacha. | ||||||||||||||
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| Related Maps | خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى المزيد من موقع هوية |
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Status of The Village Today
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Piles of debris are scattered on the site, and a destroyed cemetery (partially hidden among eucalyptus trees) can be seen. An agricultural road runs through it."
Want to browse more? 80,000 pictures were grouped in these gallaries:
- Nakba Oral History Video Podcast: interview with Khalid al-Khalidi
- Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Muhammad Judeh
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| هيام جوده | جوده | الامارات, الامارات |
| مؤنس فروانه | فروانه | - |
| khaled isamil almghari | المغاري | dair elbalah |
| فارس فلسطين | المغاري | كرتيا |
| الحميدي | الحميدي | غزة, فلسطين |
| Ahmed Abu Saada | أبو سعده | MO, USA |
| Abu Tareq | الخالدي | - |
| طلال | ارشيد | - |
| ابو عبدالله ابو لمظي | ابو لمظي | غزة, فلسطين |
| akram abahre | عباهره | - |
| Hasan Fayyad | Fayyad | - |
- برنامج شاهد على النكبة الحلقة الأولى - كرتيا Duration: 6 min 54 sec
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- Campgain Against Lice
- PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
- Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
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