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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 8, 1948
Distance from district center	39 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #17 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation An-Far
Israeli attacking brigade	First Battalion of Giv'ati Brigade
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bi'lin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,415 Jewish 294 Public 327 Total 8,036
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 143 0 Planted W/ Cereal 6,992 294 Built up 6 0 Cultivable 7,135 294 Non-Cultivable 601 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 101 1931 127 1945 180 1948 209 Est. Refugees 1998 1,282
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 32 1948 52
Schools	Bi'lin had an elementary school which was founded in 1937.
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for al-Shaykh Ya'qub.
Water supplies	Bi'lin contained two wells which supplied it with its drinking water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Qedma
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All that remains is the rubble of a few houses, with wild herbs and thorns growing on the site, along with some trees and cactus plants."

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