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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 9, 1948
Distance from district center	38 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #10 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation An-Far
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Tall al-Turmus inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,199 Jewish 68 Public 241 Total 11,508
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 154 0 Irrigated & Plantation 627 0 Area planted w/ olives 158 0 Planted W/ Cereal 10,335 68 Built up 35 0 Cultivable 11,116 68 Non-Cultivable 289 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 384 1931 540 1945 760 1948 882 Est. Refugees 1998 5,414
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 136 1948 222
Schools	Tall al-Turmus shared a school with the nearby village of Qastina, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 160 students.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	Tall al-Turmus bordered Wadi Marj from the south.
Archeological sites	The village contained a khirba that had an ancient well.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Timmorim
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

Bibliography and References

Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The debris of the houses are strewn over the site and can be found near the clumps of cactuses and the sycamore and eucalyptus trees that grow there. "

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
غريب الدار	تل الترمس	مكة, السعودية
ابو ريبال	الحجوج	Utrecht, Netherland
أبو شمعون	شمعون	عمان
ابو علي الخطيب	الخطيب	الرياض, السعودية
Mohammed Radwan	Radwan shana'a	bet l7m
شادي شحده محمد الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
إسماعيل محمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
نضال محمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
عمر محمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
علي محمود علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
عماد محمود علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
عمار محمود علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
أمل علي خليل النحوي	النحوي	السعودية , جدة
آمنة جعفر أحمد الخطاري	الخطاري	السعودية , جدة
لينا جعفر أحمد الخطاري	الخطاري	السعودية , جدة
مصطفى جعفر أحمد الخطاري	الخطاري	السعودية , جدة
لؤي جعفر أحمد الخطاري	الخطاري	السعودية , جدة
محمود جعفر أحمد الخطاري	الخطاري	السعودية , جدة
حنان أحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
عائشة أحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
هيجر أحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن , عمان
عزيزةأحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن, عمان
فتحية أحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	عمان , الاردن
جعفر احمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	السعودية جده
وليد أحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن عمان
محمد أحمد علي الخطاري	الخطاري	الاردن, عمان
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جمال الحجوج	الحجوج	خانيونس
محمد النحوي	-	-
النورس	مشرف	عمان, الاردن
مازن شناعة	-	-
سليمان محمد ابو عشيبة	-	-
محمد عبدالفتاح الحجوج	-	-
موسى محمود شناعة	-	-
موسى الحجوج	الحجوج	-
khader alahlas-alkhattari	khattari	amman jordan
شادي النحوي	النحوي	عمان, الاردن
أكرم خليل	شناعة	الامارات , الامارات
osama nahawi	-	abudabi, U.A.E
Jamal Al-Khattari	Al-Khattari	TX, USA / Qatar
Khader Al-Khattari	Al-Khattari	Texas, U.S.A
شناعة	شناعة	-
sulieman shanaah	شناعه	amman , jordan
Esam Mohammad Shana'a	Shana'a	Rusifa, Jordan
Raed Shanaah	Shanaah	Saudi Arabia
Hjouj Mohammad	Hjouj	Jerusalem, palestine
Sayed, Khattari ,Prof.Dr	Khattari	Jordan, Jordan
Wesam Abu-Jalmbou	Abu-Jalmbou	Gaza Strip
Fayez Hjouj	Hjouj	Oregon, USA
HASAN MOHAMMED AL HJOOJ	AL HJOOJ	-
Ahmad Mustafa Abbass Audatallah Shana'ah	Shana'ah	Riyadh 11312, Saudi Arabia
ahmad elkhatib	elkhatib	colorado, usa
Ala' Hamarsheh	-	-
Nidhal Mohammed ALhjooj	ALHJOOJ	MA, USA
Imad Shana'ah	-	Jordan
jamal murad	Murad	U.S.A
Hala AbuSubaih	Abusneneih	Dubai, UAE
te.MAHMOUD SHAMOUN	tal al-turmus	amman, jordan

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