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Welcome To Ghabat Kafr Sur - غابات كفر صور (ע'אבת כפר צור)

District of Tulkarm
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 15, 1948
Distance From District 16 (km) Southwest of Tulkarm
Elevation 25 (meters)
Map Location See location #12 on the map

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Military Operation Coastal Clearing
Exodus Cause Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village Temains Ghabat Kafr Sur was mostly destroyed with the exception of three deserted houses.
Ethnically Cleansing Ghabat Kafr Sur inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 4,506
Jewish 10,384
Public 4,776
**Total 19,666
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 1,333 306
Irrigated & Plantation 42 36
Planted W/ Cereal 2,858 8,617
Built up 0 30
Arable 4,233 8,959
Non-Arable 5,049 1,395
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 559
1945 1,130 (390 Jewish)
1948 858 (390 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998 5,272
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses In (1931): 128 (includes Bayyarat Hannun and 'Arab al-Balawina)
Near By Townswhat's new
Umm Khalid

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Bayt Lid, Khirbat
       
Mediterranean  
           
al-Zababida, Khirbat
Water Supply Ghabat Kafr Sur had many wells and springs north and east of the village which were more than enough to supply the village with its water needs.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
Beyt Yahoshu'a, Tel Yitzchaq, and Kefar Netter.
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
A considerable portion of the site consists of sand dunes overgrown with wild vegetation. Several large eucalyptus trees also grow on the site. The remains of three large Arab houses are visible in the midst of newly planted orange groves in the east and northeastern parts of the site. They are used by Israelis as agricultural warehouses
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Bibliography and References

Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
jehad mudallal - TULKAREM, KUFORSUR, KUFORSUR
haitham hamza - tulkarm/kfrsor
احمد وليد عليان عليان الزرقاء, الزرقاء
Derar - Abu Anas Hamzeh Jordan - Al Rusaifa
shafei suboh hamzeh windsor, canada
ahmad suboh hamzeh windsor, canada
aseel suboh Hamzeh -
Eng.Sarah abu tayeh amman, jordan
مغترب فلسطيني - الزرقاء, الاردن
Esraa Harb - عمان, الاردن
Firas Hasan Mudallal Mudallal Tulkarem, Kuforsur
abu osama - Amman
Mhanna Ebaid Ebaid Germany, Germany
Hosam zebdeh - -
TAWFIK SAABI - england, england
Thaer Suboh Hamzeh Hamzeh Canada
Usama Al Zibdeh - Dubai, UAE
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