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 Israelis	The 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
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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 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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