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| Welcome To Qastina District of Gaza قسطينة - קסטינה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | July 9, 1948 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 38 (km) North East of Gaza | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 50 (meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #9 on the map | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Possibly Operation An Far | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | Giv'ati Brigade | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village defenders | Egyptian Army, and local Palestinian militia. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Qastina inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Schools | Qastina had an elementary school for boys founded in 1936, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 161 students. The students of the nearby village of Tall al-Turmus used to attend the same school too. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | One mosque | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Kefar Warburg, 'Arugot, Kefar Achirn, and Qiryat Mal'akhi. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All that remains is the debris of houses strewn across the site. The research team investigating the current status of the depopulated villages visited the site and found it overgrown with bushes and tall grasses that were about 2m high. "
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Omar Samra | - | Palestine, Palestine |
| Abd alrhman Rayyan | Rayyan | Amman, Jordan |
| أبو أيسر | أل خريس | خان يونس |
| أحمد إسماعيل حسن خريس | خريس | رفح - تل السلطان, رفح - تل السلطان |
| آحفآد خليل خريس | - | الوسطي _ غزة, الوسطي _ غزة |
| mohamed lotfi yaseen alkhateeb | - | الدوحه, قطر |
| حسام شحادة | شحاده | الرياض, السعودية |
| سعدي شحاده | شحاده | الكويت, الكويت |
| Ahmed nehad El-athamna | أحمد نهاد العثامنة | Oslo, Norway |
| محمد عبد الواحد بوادي | - | - |
| mahmoud | العثامنة | رفح, فلسطين |
| أبو عبد الحكيم | بوادي | الدنمارك |
| عبد الحكيم بوادي | بوادي | الدنمارك |
| احمد خريس | - | غزة, فلسطين |
| إبراهيم عبدالله أحمد | بوادي | الرياض |
| محمود عبدالهادي بوادي | بوادي | riyadh |
| Mohammed Shehadeh | - | Amman, Jordan |
| محمد عايش (ابو صالح) | ابوالعلا | NRW-Deutschland, Germany |
| Shereen Assaf | عبيدة عساف | - |
| عمر عبيده | عبيده عساف | Australia, Australia |
| Nisreen elhila | الحيلة | المدينة |
| ehab elhila | elhila | vic, vic |
| Hoda Elhila | Elhila | Victoria, Australia |
| حاتم يونس عوده | خليل | الرياض , السعودية |
| Nidal Bahri | - | IL, USA |
| Maha Radwan El-athamnah | El-athamnah | - |
| Mohamed Shehada | Shehada | UAE |
| حسن عرفة | - | خانيونس, خانيونس |
| sofyan al_athamna | العثامنه | - |
| bajjeess | albajjeh | az zarqa |
| bajjeess | albajjeh | az zarqa |
| MOHAMAD RADWAN AL ATHAMNA | العثامنة | Riyadh |
| Khetam Radwan Alathamena | العثامنة | Riyadh, Saudia Arabia |
| يحيى محمود العثامنة | العثامنة | غزه, فلسطين |
| محمد طلال العثامنة | العثامنة | غزه, فلسطين |
| المهندس | العثامنه | الزرقاء, الاردن |
| ابو عاهد | الخطيب | قطر, قطر |
| دانا يوسف العثامنة | العثامنة | خانيونس, خانيونس |
| Adnan ayman alathamna | العثامنة | خانيونس, القسطينة |
| عدنان العثامنة | العثامنة | خانيونس |
| محمد يوسف العثامنة | العثامنة | خانيونس, خانيونس |
| المختار يوسف العثامنة | العثامنة | خانيونس |
| Ismail Elhila | Elhila | Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia |
| Eiad Alathamna | alathamna | - |
| Yasser Fathi Elhila | Elhila | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Anas Rayan | rayan | hebroun\ aroub camb, palestine |
| Saleh Al-Athamna | AL ATHAMNA | Ontario, Canada |
| Nabil Ismail Saleh Youssef Al Athamnah | Al Athamnah | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| خالد المولد | المولد | - |
| Mohammad Mahmoud Alathamena | Alathamena | - |
| Mohamed Elhila | الحيله | USA |
| إبراهيم الحيلة | الحيلة | الرياض, السعودية |
| Khalid Alathamena | - | - |
| Ulf Carmesund | - | -, Sweden |
| Abu Adnan | AlAthamnah | palestine, palestine |
| Amal Radwan Al athamna | Al athaman | TX, USA |
| Augusto Medina | - | - |
| Abu Mohannad | THE Al Athamna | - |
| عبدالقادر العثامنة | - | - |
| Randa El-athamna | - | - |
| Ahmed Shehada | - | - |
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