Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 4, 1948
Distance from district center	6.5 (km) South of Safad
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #75 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Matate (Sub-operation of Operation Yiftach)
Israeli attacking brigade	Some troops from the Haganah and the Palmach's First Battalion
Defenders	Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only few structures are still standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Qudayriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 12,487 Jewish 0 Public 0 Total 12,487
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 2,029 Cultivable 2,029 Non-Cultivable 10,458
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 194 1931 72 1945 390 1948 452 Est. Refugees 1998 2,778
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 14 1948 87
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh al-Rumi
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated 1 km east of Wadi al-'Amud.
Archeological sites	The village had Khirbat al-Nuwayriyya which contained heaps of drafted masonry and rock-cut wine presses; these relics were a sign of Roman-Byzantine habitation.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kachal
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 overgrown with wild grass and contains rubble from destroyed houses. A few structures still stand; one of them has an arched entrance, and the concrete lining of a well also remains. The surrounding land serves as pasture