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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	4 (km) West of Safad
Elevation from the sea	675 (meters)
Map location	See location number #68 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, with the exception of some sections of stone walls, a well, and a canal
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The village has been mostly ethnically cleansed on 12th of May 1948
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 9,713 Jewish 0 Public 5422 Total 15,135
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 422 Area planted w/ olives 170 Planted W/ Cereal 4,204 Built up 27 Cultivable 4,626 Non-Cultivable 10,482
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 308 19th century 200 1922 173 1931 213 1945 310 1948 360 Est. Refugees 1998 2,208
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 39 1948 65
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Muhammad al-'Ajami
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village had number of springs terminated into a water tank
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Shammay and Amirim
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. All that remains of the buildings are some sections of stone walls, a well, and a canal

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Nabil Ashkar	Ashkar	Doha, Qatar
Ghazi El-Ashker	Al Ashker	Canada

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