| Statistic/Fact |
Value |
| 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 |
| Ethnic Group |
Land Ownership (Dunums) |
| Arab |
1,480 |
| Jewish |
2,738 |
| Public |
577 |
| Total |
4,795 |
|
| Land usage in 1945 |
| Land Usage Type |
Arab (Dunum) |
Jewish (Dunum) |
| Irrigated & Plantation |
1,438 |
2,728 |
| Built up |
30 |
20 |
| Cultivable |
1,438 |
2,728 |
| Non-Cultivable |
589 |
0 |
|
Population
before occupation |
| Year |
Population |
| 1931 |
386 |
| 1945 |
530 (60 Jewish) |
| 1948 |
545 |
| Est. Refugees 1998 |
3,348 |
|
| Number of houses |
| Year |
Number of houses |
| 1931 |
73 |
| 1948 |
103 |
|
| 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 |
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