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Welcome To Jaba' District of Haifa جبع - ג'בע Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Israeli occupation date | July 24, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
Distance from district center | 18.5 (km) South of Haifa | ||||||||||||||||
Elevation from the sea | 50 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||
Map location | See location number #14 on the map | ||||||||||||||||
Israeli military operation | Operation Shoter (Police) | ||||||||||||||||
Israeli attacking brigade | A special force drawn from the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades | ||||||||||||||||
Village defenders | Local Arab militia, Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some support from the Iraqi Army in Tulkarm | ||||||||||||||||
Israeli acts of terror | In September 1948, UN investigators stated that 130 villagers were unaccounted for. | ||||||||||||||||
Refugees' migration route | Refugees were mostly expelled eastward to Jinin (West Bank). | ||||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||||
Village remains after destruction by Israelis | Soon after occupation, the village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of a village shrine | ||||||||||||||||
Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Jaba' inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||
Land ownership before occupation |
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Land usage in 1945 |
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Population before occupation |
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Number of houses |
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Town's name through history | The Romans referred to Jaba' by Gabata. | ||||||||||||||||
Schools | Jaba' had an elementary school for boys, which was founded by the Ottomans in 1885. | ||||||||||||||||
Shrines/maqams | One shrine (still standing) for an unknown individual. | ||||||||||||||||
Nearby wadies & rivers | The village bordered Wadi al-Maghara | ||||||||||||||||
Archeological sites | The village contained mosaic remains, tombs cut into the rock, and other architectural remnants attest to the antiquity of the village. | ||||||||||||||||
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Geva' Karmel | ||||||||||||||||
Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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More Information |
According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Piles of stone rubble can be seen on the site. A shrine is still standing on an elevated part of it. Pine forests grow over the land in the vicinity."
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
Muhammed Ziyade | Ziyade | - |
Ibrahim Nasser | - | Palestine |
محمد فاروق احمد المدني | - | - |
طارق صبحي ابو زمق | ابوزمق | uppsala, sweden |
mohammad - nabel - younes | ebed | ontario, canada |
نبيل يونس خضر عبد الله | عبيد | بغداد, بغداد |
محمد الحامدي | العراق | قبرص |
زياد علي يونس | - | سويد |
صلاح يونس الشعبان | الشعبان | لارنكا, قبرص |
مهند علي عبدالله الحامدي | الحامدي | - |
السلبود | - | - |
الدكتور محمد | المدني | اللاذقية, سورية |
Osama AL-Shaban | - | - |
محمد صلاح ابو زمق | أبو زمق | كيبك, كندا |
رامي | المدني | اللاذقية, سورية |
Ayoob Shaban | Shaban | vaxjo, sweden |
رسمي محمد المدني | المدني | اللاذقية سوريا |
أيمن الشعبان | الشعبان | صنعاء |
مروان محمدالشعبان | الشعبان | بغداد, العراق |
مروان لطفي فهيد | فهيد | Abu Dhabi, U A E |
ابو اويس | المدني | - |
عز الدين مجمد | فهيد | دمشق, سورية |
حسام شعبان | شعبان الصالح | دمشق, سوريا |
غسان الشعبان | الشعبان | - |
زكي | الشعبان | - |
ماهر عمر هاشم الاعمر | الاعمر | sweden, sweden |
صبحي ملحم | ملحم | بغداد, العراق |
حسام علي الزبيدي | الزبيدي | دبي, الإمارات |
علي محمد فهيد | فهيد | sweden |
ضياء عرسان رزق الشعبان | الشعبان | vaxjo, sweden |
sameers | - | بغداد |
خالد محمود الفهيد | الفهيد | vaxjo, sweden |
Kanaan Alfhiad | - | - |
دعاء مفيد الشعبان | الشعبان | Abu dhabi, UAE |
صفاء مفيد الشعبان | الشعبان | لارنكا, قبرص |
علاء مفيد الشعبان | الشعبان | vaxjo, sweden |
بهاء مفيد الشعبان | الشعبان | vaxjo, sweden |
انور عبد الفتاح الشعبان | الشعبان | sweden |
ثامر عبد الفتاح الشعبان | الشعبان | - |
عبد الكريم معين الشعبان | الشعبان | vaxjo, sweden |
حسن صبحي حسن المشعور | المشعور | vaxjo, sweden |
ضياء مفيد عبد الفتاح احمد اليوسف الشعبان | الشعبان | vaxjo, sweden |
أمير | أبو زيادة | بغداد, العراق |
w ziyada | Abu Ziyada | West Sussex, UK |
Thamer Ziyada | ziyada | baghdad, iraq |
احمد علي قاسم زيادة | زيادة | بغداد, العراق |
bahriya adwan | - | rabat, morocco |