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| al-Muharraqa District of Gaza المحرّقة - אל-מוחרקה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 27, 1948
Distance from district center
14.5 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
125 (meters)
Map location
See location number #45 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade
Negev Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of its Diwan and its cemetery.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Muharraqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
12
Jewish
0
Public
4,843
Total
4,855
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
12
Planted W/ Cereal
4,622
Built up
29
Cultivable
4,634
Non-Cultivable
192
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
457
1922
204
1931
422
1945
580
1948
673
Est. Refugees 1998
4,132
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
86
1948
137
Schools
The val-Muharraqa had an elementary school for boys founded in 1945, and when it opened its doors it had an enrollment of 60 students.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Archeological sites
The village contained mosaic floors, cisterns, and marble and pottery fragments.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Yakhini and Tequma
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is marked by piles of rubble from buildings, including the village diwan (a meeting and guest house). There are also the remnants of a mill and a well. The cemetery, overgrown with wild vegetation, still exists"
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