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Welcome To al-Khayma - الخيمة (אל-ח'ימה)

District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Khayma Village - Palestine: : الحاج صقر ابو فنونه-ابو عبد السلام - اثناء زيارته للاردن اواخر تسعينات القرن الماضي يرافقه ولده اللواء سعيد ابو فنونه-ابورائد
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date July 9, 1948
Distance From District 18.5 (km) South of al-Ramla
Elevation 100 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #56 on the map

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Military Operation Operation An-Far
Attacking Units Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains al-Khayma was completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Khayma inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 5,038
Jewish 0
Public 112
**Total 5,150
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 4
Planted W/ Cereal 5,007
Built up 9
Arable 5,011
Non-Arable 130
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 141
1945 190
1948 220
Est. Refugees 1998 1,354
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 30
1948 46
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Mukhayzin
         
Qazaza
       
   Jilya
           
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

al-Tina
           
Idnibba
Places of Warship Villagers used to worship in al-Tina's (a nearby village) Mosque.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
No Israeli settlements on village lands

Village Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All that remains of the village are three mounds to the east, west, and south of the site that contain the remnants of houses."
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Want to browse more? 80,000 pictures were grouped in these gallaries:

Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
Mohamed Salama - -
سمير محمد ظاهر حمدان ظاهر عمان, الاردن
وليد رمضان رمضان الاردن
ابواحمد محمود ابراهيم رمضان عمان
LEWA AUNI FANNOUNEH ABU FANNOUNEH -
ابو عوني Abu Fannouneh Jordan, Jordan
Anwar Abu Fannouneh Abu Fannouneh amman
ابو ابراهيم رمضان النصر, الاردن
أسامة ابراهيم - الرصيفة
محمد رمضان رمضان الاردن, الاردن
ابوفنونه ابوفنونه عمان, الاردن
ابو كبر - -
Basil Hamdan Hamdan/Thahir USA
Mustafa Abu-Fannouneh Abu-Fannouneh amman, jordan
abdulsalamah salamah -
Fidaa Othman Salameh Salameh Zerka, Jordan
Rafeek Othman Salameh Salameh Zerka, Jordan
Tawfeek Othman Jabre Salameh Salameh Zerka, Jordan
Youcef Othman Jabre Salameh Salameh Zerka, Jordan
Mohammad Mustafa Ramadan Salameh Al-khalil, Palestine
Chafika Othman Salameh Salameh Algiers, Algeria
Ahlam Mohammed Mustafa Ramadan Ramadan Al-khalil, Palestine
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