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District of al-Ramla
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Occupation Date | July 12, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 8 (km) Northeast of al-Ramla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 125 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #8 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | First stage of Operation Dani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Village Temains | On September 14th, 1948, al-Haditha was mostly destroyed with the exception of one house remain standing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | al-Haditha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Town's Name Through History | In Biblical times, al-Haditha was referred to by Hadid, and during the Hellenistic it was known by 'Adida. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1924, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 42 students. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nearby Wadies & Rivers | al-Haditha is situated on the west bank of Wadi al-Natuf. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
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Village Before NakbaThe village was situated on a hilly spot on the eastern edge of the central coastal plain, on the west bank of Wadi al-Natuf. It was 1 km east of a main road connecting Lydda, Bayt Nabala, and other villages farther north and was linked to it by a secondary road. Al-Haditha was also connected by secondary roads to a number of neighboring villages. It has been identified with the Biblical locality of Hadid (Ezra 2:33), where 720 Jewish exiles returning from Babylon were settled. The site may have been the Hellenistic 'Adida which was fortified by Simon Maccabeus (1 Maccabees 12:38). Architectural fragments in the village attest to its long history. The Byzantine historian Eusebius (A.D. 260-339), who was born in Palestine (Caesarea), wrote that the village was east of Lydda. In the nineteenth century the French traveller Guérin, who visited Palestine several times, wrote that al-Haditha stood on top of a hill and consisted of several houses.Al-Haditha originally had a trapezoidal layout that became rectangular, toward the end of the Mandate, as the village expanded. Its houses were clustered around the center, which contained a mosque, a small marketplace, and an elementary school, founded in 1924, which had an enrollment of forty-two students in 1943. All of the people living in al-Haditha were Muslims. Their main economic activity was agriculture, and their most important crops were grain and olives. In 1944/45 a total of 10 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 4,419 dunums were allotted to cereals; 246 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, of which about 200 dunums were olive groves. Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningAI-Haditha was occupied on 12 July 1948, while the occupation of Lydda and Ramla was in progress. This occurred in the first stage of Operation Dani (see Abu al-Fadl, Ramla sub-district). Two months after its occupation, on 14 September, Israeli prime minister Ben-Gurion consigned it to partial destruction 'because of a lack of manpower to occupy the area [in depth].' In accordance with a newly-instituted procedure, Ben-Gurion asked a special ministerial committee, formed to oversee the demolition of villages, to approve the destruction of al-Haditha.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThe settlement of Chadid (143152) was established in 1950 on village lands, 2 km northwest of the ruins of the destroyed village.Village TodayThe stone and concrete rubble of destroyed houses is visible on the site. Only one house remains; it is sealed and deserted. It has a gabled, tiled roof, and a sign ("BROADWAY 80") is glued to one of its walls. There are also clusters of trees on the site, including Christ's-thorn, olive, and eucalyptus trees. The old village road remains and has been enlarged. The surrounding land is cultivated.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
Abdallah Alasmar Wadiha | - | Palestine |
يوسف العطشان | العطشان | عمان, الاردن |
احمد جميل عوض الله | - | نعم |
fathi | - | annam |
rebhey gieth | غيث | عمان, الحديثة |
رمزي شعبان محفوظ | محفوظ | الرياض, السعودية |
ابومحمود الاسمر | الاسمر | alhaditha |
عبدالعزيز علي مسلم عيد | عيد | Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia |
Nijem Mahfoudh | Mahfoudh | Dhahran , Al Hadeetheh |
مريم | غيث | فلسطين , رام لله - البيرة |
akram-asmer | alasmer | amman |
خالد الاسمر | اسمر | albirah, الحديثه |
محمد حرب درويش مغامس | مغامس | - |
محمود حسن ابراهيم خليل محفوظ - ابو حمزة | محفوظ | الاردن, الاردن |
محمود غيث | غيث | رام الله , فلسطين |
مهند محمد رشيد سعد | سعد | - |
نضال الحديثي | مغامس | رام لله, الحديثة |
صالح الاسمر | الاسمر | - |
Marouf Mughames | - | California, USA |