Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	March 15, 1948
Distance from district center	16.5 (km) Northwest of Tulkarm
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #4 on the map
Israeli military operation	Coastal Clearing
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Wadi al-Hawarith was mostly destroyed with the exception of four houses which has survived destruction. Currently, one of these houses is being occupied by a Palestinian-Israeli family, and the others are occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Wadi al-Hawarith inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,106 Jewish 0 Public 21 Total 7,106
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 2,498 154 Cultivable 2,498 154 Non-Cultivable 1,813 2,641
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 812 1931 1,112 1945 1,330 1948 2,552 Est. Refugees 1998 15,672
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 255 1948 585
Inhabitants place of origin	The tribe of Bani al-Haritha (originally from the Qahtani Tribe from Yemen) who settled in Wadi al-Hawarith in the late 16th century.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar ha-Ro'e, Kefar Witkin, and Ge'uley Teyman.
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More Information	Language External Links 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:
One family (that of Abu 'Isa al-Hajibi) remained in Wadi al-Hawarith North after 1948; its members now have ten houses there. On the southern edge of these houses is the settlement of Ge'uley Teyman. On the site of Wadi al-Hawarith South, four village houses have survived; one of them is occupied by an Israeli family

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