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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 30, 1948
Distance from district center	12 (km) North of Safad
Elevation from the sea	675 (meters)
Map location	See location number #35 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	The massacre of 94 people by the terror soldiers of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the deserted village school
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Saliha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,730 Jewish 0 Public 5 Total 11,735
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 422 Area planted w/ olives 20 Planted W/ Cereal 7,401 Built up 58 Cultivable 7,823 Non-Cultivable 3,854
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 200 1931 742 1945 1,070 1948 1,241 Est. Refugees 1998 7,622
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 142 1948 237
Schools	Saliha had an elementary school for boys.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village stood on a plain at the edge of a steep wadi, called Wadi Saliha.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yir'on and Avivim
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 remaining landmark is a long building (which may have been a school) with many high windows. The site is a flat, mostly cultivated area

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