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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
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

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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."

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
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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