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Welcome To al-Khisas District of Safad الخصاص - אל-ח'צאץ Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Israeli occupation date | May 25, 1948 | |||||||||||||||
Distance from district center | 31 (km) North East of Safad | |||||||||||||||
Elevation from the sea | 100 (meters) | |||||||||||||||
Map location | See location number #7 on the map | |||||||||||||||
Israeli military operation | Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon) | |||||||||||||||
Israeli attacking brigade | The Palmach's First Battalion | |||||||||||||||
Israeli acts of terror | Based on a New York Times report on the 18th of December 1947, 10 people were killed including 5 children, and some victims were buried in the wreckage of their houses. Yigal Anon approved this terror act to be executed by the Haganah. | |||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare) | |||||||||||||||
Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | |||||||||||||||
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis | al-Khisas was ethnicaly cleansed as a result of psychological warfare conducted on the 25th of May 1948. | |||||||||||||||
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 |
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Shrines/maqams | A shrine of local sage known by al-Shaykh 'Ali | |||||||||||||||
Nearby wadies & rivers | The village was situated on the western banks Wadi al-Hasibani. | |||||||||||||||
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | ha-Gosherim | |||||||||||||||
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:
Most of the village land is covered with woods and grass. There are scattered cactuses and some piles of stones, as well as the remains of an old building and a large arched stone barrage. The village lands are cultivated by the settlement of ha-Gosherim
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
okasha | salman | - |
Ismail Abdullah | - | Bekaa, Lebanon |