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| Welcome To Kafr Lam District of Haifa كفر لام - כפר לאם Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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النسخة العربية כדי לתרגם עברית View in Google Earth |
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| Israeli occupation date | July 16, 1948 | ||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 21.5 (km) South West of Haifa | ||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 25 (meters) | ||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #19 on the map | ||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Possibly the Coastal Clearing Operation | ||||||||||||
| Village defenders | Local Palestinian militia, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some support from the Iraqi Army in Tulkarm. | ||||||||||||
| Refugees' migration route | The refugees were mostly expelled to the Triangle area and others to nearby POW camps. | ||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of two village house (one of them for Ahmad Bey Khalil). | ||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Kafr Lam 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 | In (1931): 50 (includes Kafr Lam Station) | ||||||||||||
| Town's name through history | The Crusaders may have referred to Kafr Lam with same name as the nearby castle of Cafarlet. | ||||||||||||
| Schools | Kafr Lam had an elementary school for boys, which was founded by the Ottoman in 1882, but it was later closed during the British Mandate period. | ||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | One mosque | ||||||||||||
| Water supplies | Kafr Lam had five wells which supplied it with its drinking water needs. | ||||||||||||
| Archeological sites | Kafr Lam containes Crusader's (called Cafarlet) fortress and stone quarries. | ||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | 'En Ayyala and ha-Bonim | ||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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The abandoned Crusader fortress and several houses are still standing. One house, that of Ahmad Bey Khalil, has been converted into a school; another is being used as an Israeli post office.
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| انس عبد السلام | - | نابلس |
| Abukhalifa | Abukhalifa | - |
| مها | - | عمان , الأردن |
| عماد | خليفة | ابوظبي |
| البحر | خليفة | - |
| منتهى قنيري | قنيري | Mainz, Germany |
| نور عبدالسلام | - | السعودية |
| محمد عبدالسلام | - | أبوظبي, الإمارات |
| محمد مصطفى عطية | عطية | HAMBURG, GERMANY |
| مصطفى محمد عطية | عطية | baghdad, iraq |
| sanak | - | - |
| linda | ابو خليفة | CA, CA |
| Ahmed Atea | ATEA | - |
| maged khamra | khamra - elhaj | haifa, haifa |
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