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Welcome To al-Muharraqa - المحرقة (אל-מוחרקה)

District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Muharraqa Village - Palestine: : Rubble, north part of the village
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 27, 1948
Distance From District 14.5 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation 125 (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 #45 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Barak (lightening)
Attacking Units Negev Brigade
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of its Diwan and its cemetery.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Muharraqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 12
Jewish 0
Public 4,843
**Total 4,855
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 12
Planted W/ Cereal 4,622
Built up 29
Arable 4,634
Non-Arable 192
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 457
1922 204
1931 422
1945 580
1948 673
Est. Refugees 1998 4,132
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 86
1948 137
Near By Townswhat's new
Bayt Hanun
         
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Kawfakha
       
Gaza  
   Beersheba Bedouins

Beersheba Bedouins
           
Beersheba Bedouins
Schools The val-Muharraqa had an elementary school for boys founded in 1945, and when it opened its doors it had an enrollment of 60 students.
Places of Warship One mosque
Archeological Sites The village contained mosaic floors, cisterns, and marble and pottery fragments.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Yakhini and Tequma
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is marked by piles of rubble from buildings, including the village diwan (a meeting and guest house). There are also the remnants of a mill and a well. The cemetery, overgrown with wild vegetation, still exists"
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