Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 9, 1948
Distance from district center	2.5 (km) South of Safad
Elevation from the sea	300 (meters)
Map location	See location number #70 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Refugees' migration route	Almost all the villagers stayed at al-Farradiyya and al-Sammu'i, until these village were ethnically cleansed later.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has not been completely destroyed. Some internal Palestinian refugees (from Qaddita and Dallata) are currently living in the village.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Many of 'Akbara's senior citizens, women and children fled to al-Fradaiyya and al-Sammui' when 'Ayn al-Zaytun was occupied on 1st-3rd om May 1948, on 9th-11th of May 1948 was completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,167 Jewish 0 Public 57 Total 3,224
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 199 Area planted w/ olives 200 Planted W/ Cereal 2,232 Built up 6 Cultivable 2,431 Non-Cultivable 787
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 90 1922 147 1931 275 1945 390 1948 402 1961 360 Est. Refugees 1998 1,852
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 49 1948 53
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to the village by Achabare
Schools	One school (still standing)
Religious institutions	One village mosque which was destroyed during the attack on the village.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No settlements on village lands
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, all that remains of the village:
The original inhabitants of the village were replaced by "internal" refugees from Qaddita and Dallata, villages several kilometers north of Safad. Since 1980, however, these refugees have been gradually relocated to the nearby, planned village of'Akbara, 0.5 km west of the old village site. As a precondition of the relocation, each family was required to demolish its home in the former village. Today, fifteen of the old houses still stand on the site, in addition to the school. The new village of 'Akbara was placed under the administration of the city of Safad in 1977