Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 9, 1948
Distance from district center	30.5 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #1 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation An-Far
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mughallis was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Mughallis inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,286 Jewish 0 Public 173 Total 11,459
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 88 Area planted w/ olives 55 Planted W/ Cereal 7,277 Built up 23 Cultivable 7,365 Non-Cultivable 4,071
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 424 1922 311 1931 447 1945 540 1948 626 Est. Refugees 1998 3,847
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 93 1948 130
Water supplies	Since it was believed that the water of Mughallis' well helped in dissolving kidney stones, people from the nearby villages flocked to the village's well to take advantage of this natural wander, our scientists stand behind this claim!.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Gefen
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 and surrounding area are fenced in. The debris from the houses have been levelled, and one can still see building components. Remnants of a house on the east side are ringed by stone markers that formerly identified the boundaries of a home garden."

• Nakba Oral History Video Podcast: interview with Ahmad Abu 'Ajamiyyeh
• Nakba Oral History Video Podcast: interview with Muhammad Abu 'Ajamiyyeh