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| 'Ayn Ghazal District of Haifa عين غزال - עין ע'זאל Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 24, 1948
Distance from district center
21 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea
100 (meters)
Map location
See location number #20 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Shoter (Police)
Israeli attacking brigade
A special unit drawn from the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades.
Village defenders
Local Arab militia and some ALA volunteers
Israeli acts of terror
The killing and burning of 25 to 30 of the village defenders, and also in September 1948, UN investigators stated that 130 villagers were unaccounted for.
Refugees' migration route
'Ayn Ghazal inhabitants were mostly expelled eastward to Jinin (West Bank).
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the village shrine.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Ayn Ghazal inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
14,628
Jewish
424
Public
3,027
Total
18,079
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,486
0
Area planted w/ olives
1,400
0
Planted W/ Cereal
8,472
424
Built up
130
0
Cultivable
9,958
424
Non-Cultivable
7,567
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
450
1922
1,046
1931
1,439
1945
2,170
1948
2,517
Est. Refugees 1998
15,458
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
247
1948
432
Schools
'Ayn Ghazal had two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1886, and the 2nd school was an elementary school for girls.
Shrines/maqams
A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Shahada (still standing).
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
'En Ayyala and 'Ofer
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The dilapidated shrine of Shaykh Shahada is the only standing structure on the village site. Ruins of walls and piles of stones can be seen all over the site, as well as stands of pine, cactus, and fig and pomegranate trees. "
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