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| Welcome To al-Tira District of Haifa الطيرة - א-טירה 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 | 7 (km) South of Haifa | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 60 (meters) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #6 on the map | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | A special force drawn from the Israeli Navy, Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village defenders | Local Palestinian militia, Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some assistance from the Iraqi army in Tulkarm and Jinin. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Israeli acts of terror | On 12th of December 1947, Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) terror gang raided the village and killed 13, and wounded 10 villagers. Also when al-Tira was occupied, the Israeli soldiers massacred and burned 25 to 30 of the village defenders. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the village school and three village houses (one of the houses belongs to 'Irsan al-Dhib). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis | Between 24th April and 3rd May 1948, al-Tira women and children (about 600) were bused out by the British troops to Jinin and Nablus areas, but the fighting men successfully defended their village until second half of July 1948. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Population before occupation |
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| Number of houses | In (1931): 624 (includes Tira Station, Neuhardhof, Kafr Samir Station, al-Kababir) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Town's name through history | The Crusades referred to al-Tira by St. Yohan de Tire. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | The village had two elementary schools, one was for boys and the another school was for girls (one of the schools is still standing). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Archeological sites | al-Tira contained five khirbas; one of them, Khirbat al-Dayr, which contained the reins of the St. Brocardus monastery, some previously inhabited caves, and a vaulted tunnel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | ha-Chotrim, Tirat Karmel, Megadim, Kefar Gallim, & Beyt Tzvi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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:
"The village site is partly occupied by an Israeli settlement. Some of the houses, such as one belonging to 'Irsan al-Dhib, remain standing. The cemetery is unkempt and there are several broken gravestones. The remains of two shrines are visible and the school is used by Israeli students, both Arab and Jewish. There are forests and some residential houses in the mountainous part of the surrounding land."
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| اياد | ابو عيسى | كيروفغراد, اوكرانيا |
| آية حميدة | حميدة | - |
| ليلي | - | السويد |
| Laith Salman | Al Salman | Pennsylvania, USA |
| ابو حازم | عموره | - |
| البطل | البطل | دمشق, سوريا |
| محمد درباس | درباس | اربد, الاردن |
| عبد القادر خا لد رفعت عبد الحفيظ | عبدالقادر | صوفيا |
| عبدالرحمن السعدي | السعدي | اربد - الاردن, الاردن |
| Honey AL Zaben | الطيرة | Dubai, Dubai |
| احمد محمد علوة | علوة | الدوحة - قطر, قطر |
| kshebly | - | dammam |
| RAMI ELL ABBASSI | - | kinshasa, CONGO -RDC |
| ALI AMMOURA | AMMOURA | TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA |
| meezo | - | نابلس |
| حنان | - | Irbid |
| Ala'a Abu issa | Abu issa | Jordan |
| فراس علوه | علوه | الدوحه, قطر |
| علي أبو غيده | أبو غيده الحارثي | دمشق, سوريا |
| NASSER ABU-RASHED | - | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA |
| فراس | عمورة | damascus |
| احسان عمورة | عمورة | صيدا, لبنان |
| قصي شمبور | شمبور | Australia |
| Bilal Elassal | - | Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Mohammed Hajeer | Hajeer | الرياض, السعودية |
| مصطفى الباش ابو صياح | الباشية | فلسطين المحتلة, فلسطين المحتلة |
| مصطفى عباس | زيدان | - |
| ابو نعيم | زيدان | saida, الطيرة |
| محمدجاموس | - | دبي, الامارات العربية |
| hajir | hajir | NI, Germany |
| AHMAD ABURASHED | - | - |
| سامر | مصرية | ابوظبي |
| عمر احمد محمد عللوه | عمر عللوه | - |
| معتز | السلمان | اربد |
| mahmod abu rashid | abu rashid | - |
| kawthar abu rashid | abu rashid | - |
| ADAN ABU RASHID | ABU-RASHID | - |
| thaer | Al Djejab | leek, Netherlands |
| رشا رباني | الحمولة | damascus/yarmouk, syria |
| ابو ايهم | سلوم | - |
| عمر أبو حسان | الابطح | - |
| Hisham | Abu Ayessa | - |
| ELIAS ANTAR | al hamouleh | Abu Dhabi, uae |
| سامر الناجي | الناجي | riyadh, riyadh |
| salmanco | salman | irbid, jordan |
| Rania Antar | - | Sharjah, UAE |
| ghaith allouh | allouh | jordan, jordan |
| khaled harb | عبويني | عمان, الاردن |
| abdulkader | AL-bash | ontario, canada |
| المارد الاخضر | عمورة | اربد |
| أبو علاء | يعقوب | دمشق, سورية |
| محمد باكير | باكير | عمان, الاردن |
| Hassan Hmaideh | hmaideh | Saida, Lebanon |
| محمد جميل محمد إبراهيم | عبدالرحمن | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Mohamed Al-Naji | Al-Naji | Irbid, Jordan & North Africa |
| وليد حجير | حجير | دمشق, سوريا |
| محمود يعقوب | يعقوب | تونس, تونس |
| MAHA ASA'D AHMAD BAKEER/ | BAKEER-3ALLO-HASSOUN | AMMAN, JORDAN/KUWAIT/LEBANON/UK |
| T.Derbas | - | Lebanon |
| قطز | عبويني | اربد, الاردن |
| wassel atiek | Alhamoleh | - |
| محمد القزق | 009613977930 | beirut, lebanon |
| anas abu rashed | abu rashed | amman, jordan |
| ابو العبد | عللوه | - |
| Emad Hajeer | Hajeer | - |
| Mohammed Hajeer | Hajeer | United Arab Emirates |
| Mohammad AL Abtah | AL Abtah | - |
| احمد القزلي | القزلي | - |
| احمد صالح | - | جنين |
| محمد فهد عوض | أسماعيل | عمان, الأردن |
| billoo | حميدة | Lebanon |
| Khaldoun Zeinati | السلمان | Amman, Jordan |
| Abou rashed juma | Abou rashed | S.W.Holstein, Germany |
| otabojehad | عمورة | دمشق |
| Munther Hajir | Hajir | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Rami Hajeer | - | Lebanon |
| faisal alzaben | alzaben | fl, usa |
| mrwini | - | riyadh, saudi arabia |
| Abu Omar Al Saadi | Al Saadi/Saadi | UAE, UAE |
| zaid abu rashid | abu rashid | - |
| Anas | abourashed | Denmark |
| Osama Alnaji | Al Naji | KSA , Riyadh |
| mohammad abu rashid | - | - |
| mohmad | gnaam | haifa |
| aahed abu zareefeh | Abu Zareefeh | oslo |
| Hasan Shibly | - | - |
| shadi abu ayed | al abtah | - |
| ABU HUDA | AMORAH | IL, USA |
| Hajier Hajier | Haifa -Al-Haleiseh | Irbid, Jordan |
| Hala Abu Eissa | Abu Eissa | NJ, USA |
| Haifa City | Abo Eissa | Haifa |
| Nabil Salim Yacoub | Abuneaj | Ankara, Turkey |
| roba hassan | abu issa | london, uk |
| Ahmad Kazak | - | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Ahmad Rayan | Bashiie | Germany |
| KOBAIAA | KOBAIAA | SIRYA, HKJH |
| TAREK AMOURA | AMOURA | DUBAI, UAE +SYRIA -DAMASCUSE |
| Osama Zaidan | Zaidan (Al Abassi orig) | London, UK & Lebanon |
| nahed mansour | - | - |
| Ahmed Salloum | Salloum | Irbid, Jordan |
| ali mansour | Mansour | Germany |
| fathi omarain | abtah | douma, syria |
| nabil | ya | bsn, 06/6310408 |
| Hajir | - | Sweden, Sweden |
| kholoud ammoura | - | - |
| ali | al_tira | amman, jordan |
| Ghada Terawi | - | Palestine, Palestine |
| Riyad Alnaji | ALnaji | U.S.A |
| Bassam Yacoub | Yacoub | syria, syria |
| alaa mansour | - | - |
| linda ammoura | ammoura | - |
| Hadi | Alloh | Dubai, UAE |
| EBRAHIM ABU-RASHID | abu-rashid | - |
| cham bakeer | - | ksa_damas |
| wael qubaia | qubaia | - |
| Amer Salloum | Salloum | - |
| Ali Abu Rashid | Abu Rashid | Dubai |
| Ayman Salman | salman | - |
| idreees | albasheh | damas, 029 |
| Nadia Bajes | Essa | - |
| Zaid Abu-Rashid | - | - |
| BARAA ABU-RASHID | - | - |
| mouttaz ammoura | - | canada |
| saleh hassoun | HASSOUN | - |
| nizar abu ayed | alabtah | - |
| jalal derbas | derbas | - |
| yousuf abu-rashid | Abu-rashid | Dubai, U.A.E |
| Fzaidan | Tira | Aramoun, Lebanon Mountain |
| tyseer65 | justify | Syria , Syria |
| osama tirawi | - | - |
| Abdul Nasser Tirawi | qbayaa | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Abdul Karim Hajir | Hajir | Iklem Al Kharoob, lebanon |
| ABDEL QADER AL ASSAL | - | UAE, UAE |
| Ibrahim Salloum | Salloum | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Hassan Al Natour | - | Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia |
| Tamam | Zackariah | London, UK |
| Ahmed AL-Ahmed | Yacoub Al-Ahmad | Madrid, Spain |
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