Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	12.5 (km) Southwest of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	225 (meters)
Map location	See location number #22 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Abandonment based on Arab orders
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Hadatha was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Hadatha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,621 Jewish 0 Public 1,689 Total 10,310
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 199 Area planted w/ olives 226 Planted W/ Cereal 8,379 Built up 38 Cultivable 8,578 Non-Cultivable 1,689
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 121 19th century 150 1922 333 1931 368 1945 520 1948 603 Est. Refugees 1998 3,704
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 75 1948 122
Schools	Hadatha had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1897 by Ottomans, but it closed its doors during the British Mandate period.
Water supplies	Hadatha had a spring to the east which provided the village with its drinking water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Qish is nearby village lands
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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:
Stone rubble provides the only indication of the village's location. The fenced-in site is used as a cow pasture, and mulberry and fig trees and cactuses grow on it. The surrounding lands are used by the residents of Kefar Qish and are planted in vegetables and almond trees. Parts of the lower wadis are also fenced in

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