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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 1, 1948
Distance from district center	11 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #24 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 obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Jahula inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,991 Jewish 583 Public 1,295 Total 3,869
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 0 100 Planted W/ Cereal 1,626 391 Built up 64 0 Cultivable 1,626 491 Non-Cultivable 1,596 92
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 28 1922 214 1931 357 1945 420 1948 487 Est. Refugees 1998 2,992
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 90 1948 122
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	One shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Salih
Water supplies	The village contained several springs, and one of them is currently being used by Jewish settlers
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yiftach 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

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The only remains of the destroyed village are a few stone terraces. The site is enclosed by barbed wire, and cactuses and trees grow on it. The village spring is still in use by Israelis

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Jamal Ali Saleh	-	Damascus, Syria
khaled khoder mohammed	-	saudi arabia/ lebanon / syria
Hassan Atia	Atia	Libanon, Libanon
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