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Welcome To al-Sarkas, Khirbat - خربة السركس (ח'ירבת א-סרכס)

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 15, 1948
Distance From District 42 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation 25 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #50 on the map

View from satellite
Military Operation Most likely Coastal Clearing
Refugees' Migration Routes Many of the villagers were expelled to Tulkarm area, many are still living there and are known by el-Sharkas.
Exodus Cause Expulsion by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been completely defaced
Ethnically Cleansing al-Sarkas, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Population
Year Population*
1931 383
1948 751
Est. Refugees 1998 4,609
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 80
1948 156
Near By Townswhat's new
   al-Manshiyya
Inhabitants Place of Origin Khirbat al-Sarkas was founded by Circassians from Russia who have been cleansed from their country by the Rassian Czarist armies in the 19th century.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Gan Shemu'el & Talmey EI'azar

Village Before Nakba

The village was located on a slight knoll a bit more than 3 km northeast of Hadera, south of the Hadera-Afula highway. Its name suggests that it may have been founded by Circassians from the southern borderlands of Russia who had been expelled by Czarist armies and had sought refuge in Ottoman territories. Circassians are known to have settled in this region in the nineteenth century. In the Mandate era, it was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Gan Shemu'el was built about 1 km from the khirba in 1913. The settlement of Talmey El'azar was established near the village site in 1952

Village Today

Cactuses and spikes of grain are scattered across the site there are no traces of any landmarks or houses. The land near the site is used by Israeli farmers for raising cattle and growing citrus.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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