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Welcome To Karatiyya - كرتيا (כרתיא)

District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for Karatiyya Village - Palestine: : قريه كرتيا بعد احتلالها
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 17, 1948
Distance From District 29 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation 100 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Pre-Nakba Aerial Viewwhat's new
Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #26 on the map

View from satellite
Military Operation 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 Zionist troops
Village Temains The village was completely destroyed and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing Karatiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 13,346
Jewish 0
Public 363
**Total 13,709
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 321
Planted W/ Cereal 12,928
Built up 48
Arable 13,249
Non-Arable 412
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 253
1922 736
1931 932
1945 1,370
1948 1,589
Est. Refugees 1998 9,759
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 229
1948 390
Near By Townswhat's new
Bayt 'Affa
         
Hatta
       
   Zayta
           
Hulayqat

Beersheba Bedouins
           
al-Faluja
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.
Places of Warship 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
Who Usurped Village Lands
Qomemiyyut, Nehora, and Rewacha.
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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."
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فارس فلسطين المغاري كرتيا
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