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 Israelis	al-Khayriyya was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses and one of the village schools.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-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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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"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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