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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 30, 1948
Distance from district center	12 (km) North West of Safad
Elevation from the sea	875 (meters)
Map location	See location number #49 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	Possibly the terror troops of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Defenders	Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
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	Ghabbatiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,381 Jewish 0 Public 552 Total 2,933
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 15 Planted W/ Cereal 412 Cultivable 427 Non-Cultivable 2,506
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 9 1945 60 1948 70 Est. Refugees 1998 427
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, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is deserted and covered with grass, a few fig trees, stones, and the ruins of stone houses. The walls of one destroyed house still stand

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Clan/Hamolah

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