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Welcome To Abu Zurayq
District of Haifa
ابو زريق - אבו זריק
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic/Fact Value
Israeli occupation date April 12, 1948
Distance from district center 24 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea 100 (meters)
Map location See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation The battle for Mishmar ha-'Emeq
Israeli attacking brigade A combination from the Palmach 1st Battalion, Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades
Village defenders Arab Liberation Army volunteers and some local Palestinian militia
Israeli acts of terror Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelis		 The village has been completely defaced on April 15th 1948.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis		 Upon occupation, 15 adult males and some 200 women and children from Abu Zurayq inhabitants were taken captives. The women and children were sent towards Jinin.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 4,401
Jewish 0
Public 2,092
Total 6,493
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus 1
Irrigated & Plantation 282
Area planted w/ olives 100
Planted W/ Cereal 4,092
Cultivable 4,375
Non-Cultivable 2,118
Population
before occupation
Year Population
1945 550
1948 638
Est. Refugees 1998 3,918
Schools Abu Zurayq had an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers The village was situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq
Water supplies Water supplies were taken from a number of sources, among them Wadi Abu Zurayq, a nearby spring and a well.
Archeological sites Abu Zurayq contained rich sequence of Paleolithic stone tools have been found and the remains of an isolated Roman farmhouse
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands No settlements on village lands
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is overgrown with cactus plants and fig and olive trees."

Display Name Clan/Hamolah Country of Residence
Zaina Fawadla - -
دهود ابو الطبول الفواضله عمان, الاردن
ابن الفواضلة الفواضلة صويلح-الكمالية
مختار(دخنوس)الطواطحة الفواضلة صويلح-الكمالية
معتصم عواد ( المشارفه) المشارفه عمان, الاردن
Abo Atif Al- Shawaheen Amman Jordan
محمد زريقات الزريقات amman, amman
rorota shwaheen -
eyad sarries fadel fawadleh al balq'a, jordan
kook14 - -
مصطفى صالح -- ابوزيد مصطفى عمان, الاردن
محمد صالح ---ابو هاشم - amman
OSD AL-MASHARFA amman
مهند التركماني - السلط, الاردن
asem almasharfa almasharfa amman, jordan
Mohammad Al Masharfa - Germany
hiba - -
Ghammaz الغمامزه - غماز Zarqa, Jordan
bent_marj_ibin_3amer - -
يوسف احميدي المشارفة الرياض, السعودية
سمور الغمامزة عمان
akshahin Al-Shawaheen الشواهين -, Jordan
MAJD FAWADLAH seweileh, jordan
ABU KHALID FAWADLAH BAQAA CAMP, jordan
DR.OMAR FAWADLAH BAQAA CAMP
HAZEM2005 FAWADLAH seweileh, jordan
HISHAM98 FAWADLAH seweileh, jordan
Mujahed Serres Alfawadleh Alfawadleh virginia, United states
Bassam Dakhnous - Abo Jawad AL-FAWADLEH -
Osama Fawadleh Fawadleh Amman, Jordan
jalal alfawadleh alfawadleh hamburg, germany
SUHAIL AL-FAWADLEH AL-FAWADLEH AMMAN
Ahmad Shaheen Shawaheen KSA, KSA
Serres Alfawadleh amman, jordan
DR.AHMAD ALFAWADLAH SEWEILEH, JORDAN
AHMAD SHAHEN - -
basheer shaheen shawaheen -
Yazeed Sarris Alfawadleh seweleh, Jordan
SARRIES AlFawadleh (Sarries) Dubai, UAE
ATIF SHAHEEN SHWAHEEN -
Abdulkarim Shahin Shawaheen Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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