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Welcome To 'Innaba - عنابة (עינאבה)

District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Occupation Date July 10, 1948
Distance From District 7 (km) East of al-Ramla
Elevation 125 (meters)
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Map Location See location #23 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Dani
Attacking Units Yiftach and Eighth brigades
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Partial destruction soon after occupation, and complete destruction in 1952. Now it is completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing 'Innaba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 12,244
Jewish 21
Public 592
**Total 12,857
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 111 0
Irrigated & Plantation 511 0
Olive Groves 573 0
Planted W/ Cereal 10,629 21
Built up 54 0
Arable 11,251 21
Non-Arable 1,531 0
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 165
1922 863
1931 1,135
1945 1,420
1948 1,647
Est. Refugees 1998 10,116
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 288
1948 417
Near By Townswhat's new
Daniyal
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Jimzu
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Kharruba
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al-Ramla  ←
'Innaba
→   Bir Ma'in
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al-Barriyya
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al-Qubab
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al-Kunayyisa
Town's Name Through History The Romans referred to 'Innaba by Betoannaba.
Schools An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1920, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 168 students.
Places of Warship 'Innaba had a mosque which was dedicated to al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah.
Shrines / Maqams A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Kefar Shemu'el
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Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on a hill less than 3 km northeast of the Jerusalem-Jaffa highway, to which it was linked by a secondary road, other such roads connected it to neighboring villages. Its houses spread over a rocky hill overlooking the coastal plain. It has been identified with the ancient town of Betoannaba, which fell within the administrative jurisdiction of Dispolis (Lydda) during Roman times. In 1596, Innaba was a village in the nahiya of Ramla (liwa' of Gaza) with a population of 165. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, olives, and fruit, as well as on other types of produce and property, such as goats, beehives, and vineyards. In the late nineteenth century, Innaba was described as a village of moderate size, built of adobe bricks and situated on high ground; it was surrounded by olive trees.

Innaba's population was primarily Muslim. Except for its older houses, which were built of adobe, most of its dwellings were made of stone and were clustered together. The houses circled a mosque that was dedicated to a Shaykh Abd Allah and was built around his shrine. The village center also contained a number of shops and an elementary school that was founded in 1920 near a shrine honoring one Shaykh Isa; in the mid-1940s the school had an enrollment of 168 students. This school was replaced by a newer one in 1938, which acquired about ten dunums of land, and enrolled students from neighboring villages, as well. In 1948, 150 students were enrolled. Innaba had twelve grocery stores and two coffee shops. It also had eleven whitewash-making plants that produced about 500 tons of whitewash daily; this was sold in Tel Aviv and other cities.

The older portion of the village was encircled by a wall, and the main entrance to the village was linked to the Jaffa-Jerusalem highway. Beginning in the late 1930s, two- and three-storey houses were built in the village. Construction increased during the final years of the Mandate, and houses were built along the roads linking Innaba to other villages, and on agricultural land as well. The village was ringed by trees, such as figs and olives, and grapevines. Each hamula (clan) or sub-hamula owned a diwan (a common reception hall), which served as a gathering place in the evenings and on special occasions, such as weddings.

Innaba was considered a center for the neighboring villages, such as al-Barriyya and al-Qubayba, because it had services, such as a school and a grain mill, that were not available in the other villages. Some villagers went to Ramla to market their produce, and a number of workers from Innaba were employed in Ramla. Agriculture (which was largely rainfed) and animal husbandry were the mainstays of 'Innaba's economy. The most important crops were grain (including wheat), vegetables (such as okra and tomatoes), citrus, sesame, and olives. In 1944/45 a total of 111 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 10,626 dunums were allotted to cereals; 511 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The village was first attacked during Operation Yoram, the fourth assault on the al-Latrun area, on 8-9 June 1948, according to the History of the War of Independence. The attack was carried out by the Yiftach Brigade in order to divert attention from attempts to occupy al-Latrun. But Innaba was not occupied until the following month, during Operation Dani. The villagers evacuated women and children from Innaba after the initial attacks, so that when the final attack came, on 10 July, only 200 men were left inside the village. The Israeli troops attacked from three sides, leaving the villagers an escape route to the northeast. At 1:00 a.m., when the poorly-armed defenders of 'Innaba ran out of ammunition, they left in that direction.

The houses of Innaba were systematically blown up on the same day, on orders from Israeli army headquarters. The Yiftach and Eighth brigades were instructed to blow up most of the houses, leaving nine intact to accommodate a small garrison. These remaining houses were used until 1952, when the Israeli army dynamited and bulldozed them as well.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Kefar Shemu'el was established on village land in 1950. It was named after the American Zionist leader Dr. Stephen (Shemu'el) Wise.

Village Today

The site, which overlooks the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway a few km from al-Latrun and its abbey, is fenced off and is difficult to enter. It is covered with heaps of rubble and overgrown with vegetation, including cactuses and stunted olive and Christ's-thom trees from the pre-1948 period. In addition to the rubble of houses, the debris from the school and the local headquarters of the Arab Palestine Party are visible. In the cemetery, the tombs of Hasan Badwan and 'Ayish Badwan are prominent because of their stone superstructures. A Christ's-thorn tree rises amidst the rubble of the former house of Muhammad Tummalay, and a denuded mulberry tree stands amid the rubble of Muhammad Abd Allah's house (see photos). The surrounding land is cultivated but remnants of the old agriculture remain, such as the groves of Ali al-Kasji, with their olive and pomegranate trees and cactus clusters, and the olive trees on the land of Abu Rummana. A deserted well with a heap of stones around its mouth lies in the section of the village formerly referred to as al-Attan.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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Layan Alkasaji - Madaba, Jordan
Mohammad Kasaji - -
Prof. Dr. Adnan Mohammad Ahmed Awad Awad Amman, Jordan
محمد سليم ابو عبده ابو عبده Va, Usa
هاشم صبح صبح -
اياد القطاوي - -
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محمد حسين عبدالله عابد عابد amman, jordan
ضياء العنابي غيث -
الخوار - -
عرفات حسين - -
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nail alkasaji الكسجي عمان
احمد خالد عبد القادر عابد عابد عابد -
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wail badwan Badwan Argentina
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أحمد - -
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