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| Qastina District of Gaza قسطينة - קסטינה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 9, 1948
Distance from district center
38 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #9 on the map
Israeli military operation
Possibly Operation An Far
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders
Egyptian Army, and local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisQastina inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
8,438
Jewish
3,135
Public
446
Total
12,019
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
235
0
Irrigated & Plantation
770
0
Planted W/ Cereal
7,317
3,069
Built up
37
66
Cultivable
8,322
3,069
Non-Cultivable
525
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
385
1922
604
1931
593
1945
890
1948
1,032
Est. Refugees 1998
6,340
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
147
1948
255
Schools
Qastina had an elementary school for boys founded in 1936, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 161 students. The students of the nearby village of Tall al-Turmus used to attend the same school too.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kefar Warburg, 'Arugot, Kefar Achirn, and Qiryat Mal'akhi.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All that remains is the debris of houses strewn across the site. The research team investigating the current status of the depopulated villages visited the site and found it overgrown with bushes and tall grasses that were about 2m high. "
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