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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 14, 1948
Distance from district center	8.5 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #37 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders	Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Israeli acts of terror	Birzeit University, in the occupied West Bank, uncovered a massacre occured in the village soon after occupation. Their research stated that more than 60 unarmed villager were hacked to death. For more detail account of such masscare, click here.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Abu Shusha was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Abu Shusha inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,896 Jewish 6,337 Public 192 Total 9,425
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 54 0 Planted W/ Cereal 2,475 5,569 Built up 24 0 Cultivable 2,529 5,569 Non-Cultivable 535 768
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 100 1922 603 1931 627 1945 870 1948 1,009 Est. Refugees 1998 6,198
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 145 1948 233
Town's name through history	The Old Testament referred to Abu Shusha by the City of Gezer, the Romans called it Gazara, and the Crusades known it by Mont Gisart.
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1947, and it had an initial enrollment of 33 boys.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Archeological sites	The village was the location of a battle between the Crusades and the troops of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ameilim, Pedaya, & Gezer.
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 no remaining structures on the village are still standing. Currently, village land is being farmed by the neighboring Jewish settlements.

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
عبدالله ابو شمله	ابوشمله	الاردن, الاردن
nidal deeb	deeb	amman, jordan
محمد الجوهري	المصاروة	اربد, الاردن
Samah	Jaber	-
KHADER	AWWAD	RAMALLAH
حسن عواد	عواد	-
ali abu shosha	الحاج علي	-
طارق ياسين	ال ياسين	-
Taher Suleiman	Suleiman	Dubai, UAE
Nedham Mohammad Abdul Rahman Basheer	Basheer	Dhahran / Saudi Aramco, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
shareef ahmed habeeb	Habeeb	zarka, jordan
NIDAL	YASSIN	-
OMAR DERBAS	DERBAS	-
mohammad Salameh	AL-HAAJ ALI	Amman, Jordan
Mahmoud Brash	Brash	-
Saleh Abu Shindi	AL-Hayek	Florida, United states
KHALED	YASSIN	-
suliman saleh	saleh suliman	-

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