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| al-Khayriyya District of Jaffa الخيْريّة - אל-ח'יריה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 25, 1948
Distance from district center
7.5 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #17 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade
Alexandroni Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Khayriyya was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses and one of the village schools.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Khayriyya inhabitants were intimidate by the Haganah into fleeing sometime in April 1948, and in early May many villagers were interested in coming back and accepting Jewish rule, but this peaceful overture was rejected by the Haganah.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,182
Jewish
5,842
Public
648
Total
13,672
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
3,359
2,623
Irrigated & Plantation
1,275
122
Planted W/ Cereal
2,395
3,097
Built up
26
0
Cultivable
7,029
5,842
Non-Cultivable
775
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
154
1922
546
1931
914
1945
1,420
1948
1,647
Est. Refugees 1998
10,116
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
212
1948
382
Town's name through history
During the Assyrian period al-Khayryya was called Banai Berka, and in the Romans period it was known by Beneberak. During the British Mandate, the villager changed their village name to al-Khayriyya to distinguish it from the next door Zionist colony of Bene Beraq.
Schools
The village had two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys founded in 1920, and in 1945 it had an enrollment 183 boys, and the 2nd school was for girls founded in 1945, and it had an initial enrollment of 69 girls (one of the schools is remain standing).
Water supplies
al-Khayriyya had numerous artesian wells which supplied it with irrigation and drinking water.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The suburbs of Giv'atayim are occupying village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A handful of houses and one of the schools remain. One deserted house, surrounded by shrubs and wild vegetation, has simple architecture: a rectangular door, small side windows, and a flat roof. A two-storey house, identified as having belonged to Ahmad al- Tibi, is used as a store. It has rectangular doors and windows and a gabled roof."
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