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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 26, 1948
Distance from district center	4 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	500 (meters)
Map location	See location number #63 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Fir'im inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,023 Jewish 163 Public 5 Total 2,191
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 935 12 Area planted w/ olives 700 0 Planted W/ Cereal 700 151 Built up 17 0 Cultivable 1,635 163 Non-Cultivable 376 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 446 19th century 200 1922 499 1931 527 1945 740 1948 858 Est. Refugees 1998 5,272
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 109 1948 177
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to the village by Fir'im.
Schools	The village had an elementary school for boys.
Local council	The village had a local council, composed of representatives of the village families, which managed the village's local affairs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Chatzor ha-Gelilit settlement is nearby 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

The rubble of destroyed village houses is scattered across the site. Some terraces with olive trees remain. Olive trees and cactuses grow on the site and the surrounding lands. Some small portions of these lands are wooded but most are used for pasture.

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
شحادة محمود عريشة	-	الشارقة
أسامة عيسى عثمان	عثمان	الشارقة, الامارات
Amer	عزيمة	Kristiansand, Norway
ali Faour	Faour	dubai, uae
omarabdhulla	abdallah	norway, syria
hossam	faour	zahle, lebanon
mahmoud odeh	-	Belarus
هشام عزيمة	عزيمة	قطر, قطر
عمر عودة	عودة	دمشق
abo yaser	hameed	dmascus
فاعور	فاعور	riyadh
عدنان عزيمة عزيمة	عزيمة	-
ياسر عزيمة	عزيمة	-
marwan areashah	areashah	damascus, syria
خليل عزيمة	عزيمة	-
Ayman Salah Odeh	Odeh	United Kingdom
روان	عوده	الكويت, الاردن
عبدالله	عوده	الكويت
عوده	عوده	الكويت, الكويت
وليد رجا الكردي	الكردي	دمشق
ALI MOHAMAD FAOUR	-	-
youssef chaaban	-	Malmo, Sweden
Ali Faour	-	-
Maen Abdullah	-	Syria, Syria
Diaa Abdallah	-	Syria, Syria
marwa fao'ur	-	-
Midhat Chaaban	-	-
صالح موسى	-	-
suher shaban	شعبان عبد الله	uae, uae

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