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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	29.5 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	125 (meters)
Map location	See location number #39 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Coastal Clearing
Israeli attacking brigade	Possibly units from the Haganah and the Irgun terror gang.
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia and Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
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 obliterated with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Soon after occupation, IZL gangs searched the Palestinian Arab refugees and found a pistol. When their demand to find out who owned the pistol was fruitless, the commander at the seen execute seven male refugees.(Benny Morris p. 117-118)
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,320 Jewish 0 Public 1,106 Total 7,426
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 107 Area planted w/ olives 32 Planted W/ Cereal 6,177 Built up 31 Cultivable 6,284 Non-Cultivable 1,111
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 150 1922 252 1931 325 1945 480 1948 557 Est. Refugees 1998 3,419
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 73 1948 125
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah (still standing).
Nearby wadies & rivers	Umm al-Shawf was situated on the sloping section of Wadi al-Marah.
Water supplies	Umm al-Shawf had two springs in its north side which supplied it with its drinking water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Giv'at Nili
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:
"Piles of stone debris from the houses are scattered about the site. The shrine of Shaykh 'Abd Allah still stands."

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
MUSTAFA FRAIJ	-	-
نشأت قاسم	قاسم	فلسطين, قفين
بهاء الدين نايف صباح	صبـاح	الرصيفة, الاردن
hazem bahjat	shanah	rusaifa, jordan
dana sabbah	-	الاردن, اربد
أبو يحيى	شناعة	الرياض, السعودية
صباح	SABBAH	-
Abdul raheem Fraij	Fraij	Jeddah - S. A
محمد صباح	sabbah	saudi arabia
abosaeed	sabbah	-
أبوجهاد	صباح	الرصيفة
Yousuf Mohammad Shana ah	-	UAE, Jordan-irbid
Haitham Sabbah	-	-
haitham sabbah	Sabbah	-
mohamed sabbah	sabbah	jordan, jordan
د. محمود مأمون الصباح	yes	Jordan, palestine
esamsabah	sabbah	palestine, palestine
Zakaria Sabbah	Sabbah	Jordan, Jordan
Ahmed AL-Ahmed	Yacoub Al-Ahmad	Madrid, Spain

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