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Welcome To Abu al-Fadl - أبو الفضل (السطرية) (אבו אל-פדל)

District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for Abu al-Fadl Village - Palestine: : جامع ابو الفضل - قرية ابو الفضل المهجرة قضاء الرملة سنة 1940
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 9, 1948
Distance From District 4 (km) Northwest of al-Ramla
Elevation 75 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #11 on the map

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Military Operation First stage of Operation Dani
Attacking Units Either Har'el Brigade or Giva'ti Brigade
Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains Abu Fadl was mostly destroyed, and only five of its houses remain standing.
Ethnically Cleansing Mostly terrorized out after the attack on Bir Salim on the May 9th, 1948.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,717
Jewish 0
Public 153
**Total 2,870
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 818
Irrigated & Plantation 822
Planted W/ Cereal 1,035
Built up 42
Arable 2,675
Non-Arable 153
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 1,565
1945 510
1948 592
Est. Refugees 1998 3,633
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Near By Townswhat's new
Sarafand al-Kharab
         
al-Lydd
       
           
Bir Salim

al-Ramla
           
al-Ramla
Town's Name Through History The village was also known by al-Sawtariyya.
Inhabitants Place of Origin Most villagers trace their roots back to nomadic Bedouins from nearby Khan Yunis (in the Occupied Gaza Strip), known by the 'Arab Abu al-Fadl or al-Satariyya.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
The suburbs of Rishon le-Tziyyon
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Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Of the original village houses, no more than five still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing. One of these houses, located at the edge of a citrus grove, is made of cement blocks, with rectangular doors and windows and a tiled, sloping roof".
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