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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 30, 1948
Distance from district center	30 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #38 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly the Coastal Clearing Operation
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kabara inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,070 Jewish 3,487 Public 5,274 Total 9,831
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 2 0 Irrigated & Plantation 20 0 Area planted w/ olives 20 0 Planted W/ Cereal 4,310 3,065 Cultivable 4,332 3,065 Non-Cultivable 2,012 422
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 572 1945 120 1948 139 Est. Refugees 1998 855
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 117 1948 117
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Kabara by Pain Perdu.
Archeological sites	A nearby cave contained a deep Middle Palaeolithic deposit that was covered by a Natufian layer dating to about the 9th millennium B.C.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ma'yan Tzevi, Ma'agan Mikha'el, & Beyt Chananya
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates   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 rubble from the village houses has been moved up the slope where it is now visible, covered with dirt."

 

 

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