Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 18, 1948
Distance from district center	20.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	275 (meters)
Map location	See location number #16 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, some Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Ishwa' was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses currently being occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Ishwa' inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,456 Jewish 0 Public 66 Total 5,522
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 473 Area planted w/ olives 414 Planted W/ Cereal 1,911 Built up 18 Cultivable 2,384 Non-Cultivable 3,120
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 450 1922 379 1931 468 1945 620 1948 719 Est. Refugees 1998 4,417
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 126 1948 193
Town's name through history	The Canaanite and the Romans referred to Ishwa' by Eshta'ol.
Religious institutions	Ishwa' had a mosque named after the prophet Joshua (in Hebrew Yeshu').
Water supplies	Drinking water was provided by 'Ayn Ishwa', north of the village, and from few other smaller springs and wells.
Archeological sites	Ishwa' contains Khirbat al-Shaykh Ibrahim and Khirbat Hammada.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Eshta'ol
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
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:
Only a few of the village houses remain on the site, interspersed among the settlement's houses; some serve as residences and warehouses. The village cemetery, next to the administrative building of the settlement, has been levelled and planted with grass

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