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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 9, 1948
Distance from district center	35 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	175 (meters)
Map location	See location number #3 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation An-Far
Israeli attacking brigade	The First Battalion of the Giva'ti Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, local Palestinian militias and some Arab Liberation Army volunteers.
Refugees' migration route	Refugess headed to the Hebron hills.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Tall al-Safi inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 27,794 Jewish 1,120 Public 11 Total 28,925
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 696 0 Area planted w/ olives 521 0 Planted W/ Cereal 19,716 1,115 Built up 68 0 Cultivable 20,412 1,115 Non-Cultivable 7,325 5
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 484 1922 644 1931 925 1945 1,290 1948 1,496 Est. Refugees 1998 9,190
Number of houses	In (1931): 208 (includes three adjacent khirbas)
Town's name through history	The Philistine referred to Tall al-Safi by the city of Gath.
Shrines/maqams	The villagers maintained a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Muhammad.
Nearby wadies & rivers	Tall al-Safi is situated on the southern banks of Wadi 'Ajjur.
Archeological sites	Tall al-Safi contains a Crusades castle and it also contains walls, burial places, a cave, and carved stones.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links 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:
"There are remnants of a well and the crumbling stone walls of a pool. A few tents belonging to a group of Bedouin are occasionally pitched nearby."

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
بلال أبو الريش	-	amman
مهند تل الصافي	-	-
khl	قنديل	amman, jordan
NABIL	الحيلة	AMMAN, JORDAN
Abdalhafez Shaher Mahmoud Kandil	Kandil	Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
هيثم حرب العزه	العزه	ِAmman,Jordan
Salwa Al-Azzeh	Al Azzeh	Jordan, Jordan
ميرال	العزه	تل الصافي
qosayazzeh	العزة	amman - jordan
Raed	-	Doha, QATAR
dj vampire327	اللحسة	aroub camp
Abu Zaki	Al-Amassi	Amman, Jordan
hassan alazzeh	-	balqa, balqa
محمد جمعة نوفل	-	الاردن, الاردن
الشرس	علان	عمان
محمد عيسى قنديل	-	الاردن, الاردن
ايوب ابو الحاج	-	-
Ahmed Al-seidi	-	Amman
احمد اللحسة	-	-
soliman abdel fattah alazzeh	azzeh	-
Hisham AL Dasouqi	الدسوقي	AMMAN, JORDAN
زياد الدسوقي Ziad Dasuki	الدسوقي	الصين
دجلة	عايش	البلقاء, تل الصافي
محمود	اللحسه	عمان, الاردن
جمال	اللحسه	عمان, الاردن
وليد	اللحسه	عمان, الاردن
محمد	-	-
اميل	اللحسه	عمان, الاردن
Fouad Azzeh	Azzeh	Al-ain, UAE
KAMAL	AL-LAHSEH	AMMAN, JORDAN
محمد	اللحسة	عمان, الاردن
Anas	-	Hebron
رائد	البراهمية	ابوظبي
ابو مصطفى	ابوعفيفة	-
Aysar hirzallah	-	Amman, Jordan
abo zeyad	abo_alhaj	-
Zaid Maghnam	-	-
ammar maghnam	-	-
احمد ابوعفيفه	-	مصر, مصر
مهند ابوعفيفه	ابوعفيفه	الرياض, السعودية
محمود Mahmoud اسمران Ismran	اسمران Ismran	لندن, بريطانيا
Mohanad Maghnam	Maghnam	Amman, Jordan
SHAHIR	اللحسه	Hebron
azzeh alazzeh	azzeh	amman, jordan
aabuafifeh	Abu-Afifeh	Amman, Jordan
Eng. Abdulkareem Abualhaj	Abualhaj	Amman, Jordan
Abu Husam	Al amassy	palestine, palestine
Professor Mohammad abualhaj	Abualhaj	IL, U.S
abu nedal	alamassy	palestine, palestine
يوسف معدي	Maddi	Jordan, Jordan
Salah Qandeel	-	-
ibrahem aeysh	aeysh	amman, jordan
Ahmad DASOQI	DASOQI	Amman, Jordan
Ezz-Edine	Al-Azzeh	Al-Ain, Emirates
Yousef Alazzah	Alazzah	-
waleed mohamed saleh salameh	-	jordan, jordan
barakat salah	salah	falasteen, falasteen
-	alazzah	amman-jordan
Abu Ramsey	Al-Amassi	Nebraska, USA
Dr. Farouq Hijazi	Hijazi	-
MAHMOUD AL AZZEH	AL AZZEH	-
khader al azzeh	العزه	kuwait, kuwait
Ayman Al-Azzeh	-	-
jamal maghnam	maghnam	amman, Jordan
abdallah maddi	-	-
Abu Laith	Dasoqi	Illinois, USA
iyad aldasouqi	aldasouqi	amman, Jordan
Al-azzeh	al-azzeh	amman, jordan
Sameh Al-Azzeh	Al-Azzeh	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ayman Abu Ghunaim	Abu Ghunaim	Jordan

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