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| al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya District of Gaza السوافير الشمالية - א-סואפיר א-שמאליה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 18, 1948
Distance from district center
33(km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation
Second stage of Operation Barak
Israeli attacking brigade
Possibly Giva'ti Brigade
Exodus Cause
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few deserted houses
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
5,166
Jewish
450
Public
245
Total
5,861
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
481
189
Irrigated & Plantation
10
0
Planted W/ Cereal
4,633
261
Built up
21
0
Cultivable
5,124
450
Non-Cultivable
266
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
616
1922
334
1931
454
1945
680
1948
789
Est. Refugees 1998
4,844
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
77
1948
133
Town's name through history
The Crusades called the village Zeophir, and the Ottomans records referred to it by Sawafir al-Halil.
Schools
The village shared a school with the other two Sawafir villages, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of about 280.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Archeological sites
The village contained pieces of marble and the shafts and capitals of ancient columns.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A few vacant houses and segments of houses, standing amidst wild vegetation, mark the site. One of them has a covered porch supported on two columns. An old village road is also identifiable"
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