Welcome To al-Tina - التينة (א-תינה)

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Statistic & Fact

Value

Occupation Date

July 8, 1948

Distance From District

20.5 (km) South of al-Ramla

Elevation

75 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #57 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Operation An-Far

Attacking Units

Giva'ti Brigade

Refugees' Migration Routes

The refugee movements in the area may have directed by the Giva'ti Brigade towards the Hebron hills.

Exodus Cause

Military assault by Zionist troops

Village Temains

The village was completely destroyed and defaced.

Ethnically Cleansing

The village was completely ethnically cleansed on the commands of Shimon Avidon, the head of Giva'ti Brigade at the time.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	5,843
Jewish	949
Public	209
**Total	7,001

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*	Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves	141	0
Olive Groves	141	0
Planted W/ Cereal	5,648	949
Built up	24	0
Arable	5,789	949
Non-Arable	239	0

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1922	386
1931	530
1945	750
1948	870
Est. Refugees 1998	5,343

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	131
1948	215

Near By Towns

al-Mukhayzin ↖	al-Khayma ↑ (N)	Jilya ↗
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira ←	al-Tina	→ Idnibba
↙ Tall al-Turmus	↓ Bi'lin	↘ Tall al-Safi

Schools

An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1946, and it had an intial enrollment of 65 students.

Town's Notable People

al-Tina was the birthplace of 'Abd al-Fattah Humud (1933-68), a petroleum engineer who was one of the founding members of al-Fatah, the largest PLO faction.

Places of Warship

One mosque

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

No Israeli settlements on village lands

Village Before Nakba

The village was built on flat terrain on the southern coastal plain and was surrounded by equally flat areas. AI-Tina ("fig" in Arabic) was linked by a highway from Gaza to the al-RamIa-Jerusalem highway, and by roads and dirt paths to surrounding villages. In 1596, al-Tina was a village in the nahiya of Gaza (liwa' of Gaza) with a population of fifty-five. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, sesame, and fruit, as well as on other types of produce, such as goats and beehives. [Hut. and Abd.:143) In the late nineteenth century, al-Tina was a village built of adobe bricks with a well to the south. [SWP (1881) II:414) The Bir al-Sabi'-Ramla railway line traversed the countryside south of al-Tina during Ottoman rule but this line was terminated during the Mandate. AI-Tina was the birthplace of 'Abd al-Fattah Humud (1933-68), a petroleum engineer who was one of the founders of al-Fatah, the major PLO faction.

The village, which consisted of one main section and two smaller sections in the south and west, expanded during the Mandate, when new houses were built along the roads to three neighboring villages. The majority of the houses were made of adobe brick and were clustered together, separated by narrow alleys. The people of al-Tina, all of whom were Muslim, worshipped in a mosque on the north side of the village. AI-Tina had a number of shops and a school, founded in 1946-47 with an enrollment of sixty-seven students. Residents drew water for domestic use from wells. Their most important crop was grain, but they also grew fruits and vegetables. In 1944/45 a total of 141 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 5,639 dunums were planted in cereals. Some crops were rainfed and others, especially citrus, were irrigated from wells.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

AI-Tina, which was attacked even before the truce expired on 8-9 July, was one of the first villages to be occupied during Operation An-Far (see Bi'lin, Gaza sub-district). Also seized at the same time were al-Masmiyya al-Kabira, al-Masmiyya al-Saghira, and al-Jaladiyya, all in the Gaza sub-district. A New York Times correspondent wrote that one effect of the capture of the four villages was to block the possibility of an Egyptian breakthrough to al-Latrun

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. Kefar Menachem (134126), established in 1937, is located 3 km to the southeast on lands that belonged to the village of Idnibba.

Village Today

The village has been completely effaced. Next to the site is a wide area, overgrown with bushes and thorns, that is fenced in on the southern side. An orange grove is planted on the northern and western edges of the site. A highway that runs east-west passes to the south, and a railway line passes by about 100 m to the east.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Abdul-rahman Serhan	serhan	-
Dr. Ghassan Abdel -aziz Ahmad Sirhan	Sirhan	Ramallah
معتز سميح حسين حسين	حسين	-
عماد	السيد	عمان, الاردن
محمود زهدي	حسين	عمان , الاردن
Abdullah Ali Yousef Sarhan	Sarhan	Jordan, Jordan
مهند سعدي حسين	-	jordan, jordan
عبد المجيد عبدالله حسين	-	-
محمد عبد المجيد عبدالله حسين	-	-
احمد الشلعوط	الشلعوط	-
محمد	حنفي	رام الله, التينة
الدكتور احمد عبد العزيز احمد سرحان	سرحان	رام الله
اسماعيل عز الدين	-	-
عبد حسين	-	حسين, الاردن
عبد الجبار	-	عمان
wael	الحمود	-
muntaser sarhan	sarhan	amman, jordan
كفاح يوسف الشلعوط	-	عمان - ألأردن
نزار الحمود	-	غزه, 00970
رنا سرحان	سرحان	عمان, عمان
م.علاء حمود	حمود	-
يوسف سعيد الشلعوط	-	عمان, الاردن
خضر عبد الكريم حسين	-	عمان, الاردن
حسن السيد	-	-
عبود	الغوراني	الوحدات, الوحدات
اسامه ربيع	ربيع	الخبر, السعودية
انس	سرحان	الزرقاء, الاردن
م. عبد الفتاح محمود الشاطر (الدقي)	الشاطر	غزة, فلسطين
أحمد السيد	السيد	الدوحة, قطر
م. صالح حسين	-	-
د محمد يوسف محمد الشلعوط	الشلعوط	الاردن, اردن
هشام عبد الفتاح حمود	-	-
عباس عبدالله محمد حسين	-	الاردن, الاردن
عباس	-	الاردن, الاردن
Rateb Mohammad Hussein	Hussein	Amman, Jordan
كرم اشرف راتب حسين	حسين	عمان, عمان
امجد راتب محمد حسين	حسين	عمان, عمان
أشرف راتب محمد حسين	حسين	الاردن, الاردن
أنس راتب محمد حسين	حسين	الأردن, الأردن
خالد شحده فارس حسين	-	amman, amman
المهندس يزن محمد ربيع	ربيع	-
yazanrabe	ربيع	عمان
الدكتور صلاح حمود	Hmoud	Amman, Jordan
naser mohmad hussein	-	amman, jordan
سعيد الشلعوط	الشلعوط	عمان
د. عماد علي الشلعوط	الشلعوط	عمان
صبحي	حسين	عمان
اياد الشلعوط	لشلعوط	-
علي الشلعوط	الشلعوط	-
Talab	Hussein	-
Mohannad	Hussein	Amman, Jordan
ghassan mohammed	Abu Elkhair	Dubai, UAE
احمد راتب محمد حسين	حسين	جدة, السعوديه
زهدي احمد ناجي حسين	-	-
الدقي	الدقي الشاطر	الباحة, السعودية
loai qendah	-	]dubai
raibal sarhan	sarhan	usa
Fuad Hussein	-	Amman, Jordan
Naser Ibahim Hussein	HUSSEIN	Amman, Jordan
ADNAN HUSSEIN	-	TARTOUS, SYRIA
سعد الدين ابو سويرح	ابو سويرح	غزة, Palestine
ناصر حسين	حسين	عمان, الاردن
qusay sarhan	sarhan	-
إحسان محمد عطية	atiah	amman, jordan
Moutaz Sarhan	Sarhan	amman, jordan
Asal Sirhan	Sirhan	-
Rami Sarhan	Sarhan	-
Hakam Abu Al-Khair	Abu Al-Khair	Doha, Qatar
samer al-sawalhi	-	amman, jordan
Firas Sarhan	Sarhan	England
Mohammad Al Shatter	-	-
dr3000	dr3000	amman, jordan
Mohammed Hmoud	Hmoud	-
yousif al sawalhi	-	amman, jordan
Dr. Ghassan Al Shatter	Al Shatter	Australia
Mohannad Jaber	sarhan	amman, Jordan
Taufig Hussein	Hussein	Sweden
Marwan Hmood	hmood	-

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