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| Welcome To Safsaf District of Safad صفصاف Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic/Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||||
| Israeli occupation date | October 29, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 7 (km) North West of Safad | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 750 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #50 on the map | ||||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Hiram | ||||||||||||||||
| Defenders | Local militia & Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||||||||
| Israeli acts of terror | The massacre of 70 blind folded men, also three cases of rape, including the rape of 14 year old girl. The girl was raped while getting water for the soldiers | ||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis |
The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses (some are inhabited by Jewish settlers) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
Safsaf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||
| Terminating refugee camps |
The people of Safsaf were mostly ethnically cleansed Lebanon, however, some made it to Syria: |
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| Village clans or hamolas |
So far we are aware of the following clans: |
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| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Population before occupation |
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| Number of houses | In (1931): 124, and according to Mohammad Edghaim's research Safsaf had 214 houses in 1947. | ||||||||||||||||
| Town's name through history | The Romans referred to the village by safsofa. | ||||||||||||||||
| Schools | Safsaf had an elementary school for boys founded during the British Mandate period. | ||||||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | One mosque and the shrine of al-Ajami located in the southern borders of Safsaf. | ||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | ha-Shahar and Bar Yochay | ||||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia  |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is overgrown with grass and scattered trees among which can be seen a few terraces and piles of stones from destroyed houses. A few houses are inhabited by Israelis
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Abu Hamad | Hamad | Doha, Qatar |
| ahmad slaeh | - | - |
| Nidal | حمد | Norway, Norway |
| Ibrahim Kayed | - | - |
| Ali Zagmout | Ein Alhelweh | Saida, Lebanon |
| MyQ89 | - | Doha, 009745430978 |
| ashraf Hourani | حوراني | Lebanon |
| Ali Charida | Shreidi | KY, USA |
| Ab_Khalil | zaghmout | damascus- syria |
| abo mohamed | kurdiya | skهne, sweden |
| hamzeh khalid saleh | saleh | saida, lebanon |
| Hussam Chreidah | Chreidah | Ontario, Canada |
| Mohammed Bassem Shraidi | Shraidi | south, Lebanon |
| Sami mohd Zaghmout | Zaghmout | Doha, Qatar |
| Rawan Zaghmout | Zaghmout | Doha - Qatar |
| okasha | salman | - |
| mohamad hourani | hourani | saida |
| Manar Younis | Younis | - |
| Raghida Younis | Younis | MA, USA |
| hks | صالح | saida, lebanon |
| Ahmads | Younes | United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates |
| Ibrahim Chakeeb Chriedie | - | UAE |
| CHADI KAYED | - | dk, danmark |
| merei | - | - |
| Fouad Edaeibes | - | Alberta, Canada |
| Rami Zaghmout | - | Qatar, Qatar |
| ahmed zaghmout | - | - |
| hadeel zaghmout | - | Doha, Qatar |
| Nawaf Zaghmout | Zaghmout | Bahrain |
| Mona Younis | YOUNIS | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| KHALED KAYED | KAYED | UAE, UAE |
| Abdulrahman Zaghmout | Zaghmout | Doha, Qatar |
| Abu ez-zane | Hamad | - |
| Rami Afif Ahmad Talib Mohamad Hamad | Hamad Abo Swaid | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| ghassan | yousef | - |
| Rihab Charida | Charida | NSW, AUSTRALIA |
| Ali Mohammed Kurdieh | Kurdyeh | UAE |
| abu atta | deaibes | abu dhabi, uae |
| ABU ZAHIR | YOUNIS | - |
| haysam obeid | obeid | windsor, canada |
| khaled zaghmout | zaghmout | Ontario, Canada |
| Mohammad Ahmad ALSheraidy | - | Ontario, Canada |
| mohammed zaghmout | - | - |
| Ahmad Younis | Younis | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| IHAB KAYED | the | Lebanon , Lebanon |
| YOUSSEF AL MIARI | AL-MIARI | WINDSOR-CANADA |
| sofsafi | shreidi | tx, usa |
| Mohd Hassan Hamad | Hamad | Lebanon, Lebanon |
| SALAH EL-DDIN | EL-HOURANI | SAIDA, LEBANON |
| SALE SHRIDIH | SHRIDIH | SAIDA, LEBANON |
| ma7moud | ed-ghaim | dammam, saudi arabia |
| Ali Husain Ali Hamad | Hamad | Sharjah, UAE |
| MOHAMAD HAMAD | HAMAD | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Jullanar Shriedeh | - | AbuDhabi |
| fadi el-saleh | el-salah | south of lebanon, lebanon |
| Emad Zaghmout | Zaghmout | - |
| abdulraman nizar Zaghmout | Zaghmout | qatar, Qatar |
| hassan sabha | sabha | - |
| Abo omar | Sabha | Sweden, Sweden |
| Hassan El Hanoun | - | Saida, Lebanon |
| Ousama Zaghmout | Zaghmout | USA |
| IBRAHIM AWAD SALEH | - | sidon, lebanon |
| Tarek Saleh | Saleh | ohio, United States |
| Ibrahim awad Saleh | - | sidon, lebanon |
| omar hamad | - | uae, uae |
| meirna edghaim | - | - |
| Manar Kabrawi | - | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| wassem shridh | shridh | lebanon, nbc |
| kurdie | KURDIEH | lebanon, lebanon |
| Sheikh ali alkadry | - | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| el-hourani | el-hourani | united arab emirates, united arab emirates |
| mohamad | sabha | south of lebanon, lebanon |
| Abo Jakub | Hamad | Oslo, Norway |
| Dua'a Younis | Younis | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Haytham Obaid | - | - |
| Fouad Youssif | Abdul-Rahman | Tennessee, U S A |
| ABDULLAH EDGHAIM | - | - |
| fadi kurddieh | kurddieh | - |
| hani kurdieh | sofsaf | - |
| ABED YOUNIS | - | - |
| obied | obied | lebanon, tripoli. nahr el bard |
| Khalil Saleh | - | - |
| thunder | el saleh | south of lebanon, lebanon |
| HISHAM OBEID | obeid | holland |
| moien obeid | Obeid | BEIRUT, Lebanon |
| mamoon obeid | - | berlen, germany |
| MOHD OBEID | obeid | tripol- naher el bared, lebanon |
| Hassan Younes | younes | - |
| Ayman Obeid | Obeid | abu dhabi, UAE |
| Mohamad Kurdieh | Kurdieh | Saida, Lebanon |
| khaled shreidi | - | montreal, canada |
| TAREK KURDIEH | - | montreal, canada |
| Ahmad Hamad | Hamad | Montreal, Canada |
| Mohammad Abdallah Edghaim | Edghaim | - |
| Ali Zeidan | - | - |
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