Welcome To Lazzaza - لزازة (לזאזה)

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Statistic & Fact

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Occupation Date

May 21, 1948

Distance From District

27.5 (km) North East of Safad

Elevation

75(meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #12 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)

Attacking Units

The Palmach's First Battalion

Exodus Cause

Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)

Village Temains

The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few stone houses remain.

Ethnically Cleansing

Lazzaza was ethnically cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted between 10th and 15th May of 1948.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	377
Jewish	942
Public	256
**Total	1,586

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*	Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation	235	805
Planted W/ Cereal	95	119
Built up	27	18
Arable	330	924
Non-Arable	287	0

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1931	176
1945	330 (100 Jewish)
1948	267 (100 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998	1,638

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	39
1948	59

Nearby Wadies & Rivers

The village was situated close to al-Hasibani River

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

Beyt Hillel

Village Before Nakba

The village was located on flat terrain next to the al-Hasibani River, in the northern section of the aI-Hula Plain. In the late nineteenth century, travelers described Lazzaza as a village built of adobe bricks and situated on a plain near a river. The population was about 70. [SWP (1881) I:89] The village had its own elementary school, in which 26 students were enrolled in 1945. Most of the residents of Lazzaza were Muslims. Their land was fertile and well-suited for agriculture, which was their main source of livelihood. Onions, corn, and fruits were their main crops, although they also raised livestock, kept bees, and fished. In 1944/45 they allocated a total of 95 dunums to cereals; 235 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The depopulation of Lazzaza is attributed to the 'whispering campaign' (a form of psychological warfare) that was devised by Palmach commander Yigal Allon and implemented during Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-district). According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, threats were conveyed to villagers in the eastern Galilee while Operation Yiftach was in progress. But there is some doubt as to the plausibility of this account. While the people of Lazzaza were reported to have fled on 21 May 1948, the 'whispering campaign' was implemented somewhat earlier, between 10 and 15 May, according to Allon himself. [M:122-23]

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Beyt Hillel (206290) was established in 1940, just to the northwest ofthe village site but not on village land.

Village Today

Only a few scattered stones remain on the village site. The surrounding lands are cultivated by the residents of Beyt Hillel.

Source

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

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