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| Welcome To al-Butayha District of Safad البطيحه - אל-בוטיחה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | May 4, 1948 | ||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 13 (km) South East of Safad | ||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | -200 (meters) | ||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #76 on the map | ||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Matate (Broom) (a sub-operation of Operation Yiftach) | ||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | The Palmach's First Battalion | ||||||||||
| Defenders | Local militia & Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||
| Refugees' migration route | Refugees were mostly forced into Syria. | ||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Jewish troops | ||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind. | ||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | al-Butayha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Population before occupation |
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| Nearby wadies & rivers | The village was situated 1/4 km east of the Jordan river and 2 km north of Lake Tiberias. | ||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Almagor settlement and a picnic area known by Park ha-Yarden. | ||||||||||
| 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:
Only the black basalt walls of destroyed houses remain. Doum palms and olive trees grow among these ruins and further mark the site. A man-made canal runs in a north-south direction and turns eastward near the northern edge of the site
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Kholoud | AlSafadi | Amman, Jordan |
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