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| Karatiyya District of Gaza كرتيا - כרתיא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 17, 1948
Distance from district center
29 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
100 (meters)
Map location
See location number #26 on the map
Israeli military operation
Either Operation Barak or Operation Ya'ov
Israeli attacking brigade
Third Battalion of the Giv'ati Brigade and the Ninth Commando Battalion of the Armored Brigade.
Defenders
Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisKaratiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
13,346
Jewish
0
Public
363
Total
13,709
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
321
Planted W/ Cereal
12,928
Built up
48
Cultivable
13,249
Non-Cultivable
412
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
253
1922
736
1931
932
1945
1,370
1948
1,589
Est. Refugees 1998
9,759
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
229
1948
390
Town's name through history
The Crusades built in Karatiyya a castle which was known by Galatie, from which it may have picked its name from.
Schools
Karatiyya had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1922, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 128 students.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
Wadi al-Mufrid bordered the village from the east.
Archeological sites
Karatiyya contained number of khirbats dating from the days of the Mamluks and the Crusades periods.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Qomemiyyut, Nehora, and Rewacha.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Piles of debris are scattered on the site, and a destroyed cemetery (partially hidden among eucalyptus trees) can be seen. An agricultural road runs through it."
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| Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001 Last reply posted on SEPTEMBER-3-2005 Sign Karatiyya's Guest Book - سجل الزوار |
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