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Welcome To al-Jawfa, Khirbat - خربة الجوْفة (ח'ירבת אל-ג'ופה)

District of Jinin
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 12, 1948
Distance From District 12 (km) Northeast of Jinin
Elevation -5 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #6 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Gideon
Attacking Units Golani Brigade
Refugees' Migration Routes After the fall of Baysan on the May 15th, 1948, al-Jawfa's remaining population mostly fled to the Jinin area.
Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains Khirbat al-Jawfa was completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Jawfa, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Near By Townswhat's new
Qumya
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Zionist Colonies
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al-Sakhina
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Faqqu'a  ←
al-Jawfa, Khirbat
→   Tall al-Shawk
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Dayr Abu Da'if
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Jalbun
↘           
al-Ashrafiyya
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
That Usurped Village Lands		 Village lands fell mostly on the armistice line between Israel and the occupied West Bank. On the Israeli side, the settlement of Ma'ale Gilbo'a was built in 1962.

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on the top of a small circular plateau that extended from the northern slope of a mountain (Jabal Faqqu'a). It overlooked the Jordan Valley to the north and northeast, and was linked by a dirt path to the village of Tall al-Shawk in Baysan sub-disctrict. It was classified in the Mandate era as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Although the village was part of Jenin sub-disctrict, it was separated from Jenin by Jabal Faqqu'a and was more strongly affected by events in the town of Baysan, only 7 km to the west. Thus it was probably captured by the Haganah's Golani Brigade in May 1948, during its push towards Baysan and the surrounding valley. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, the residents of Khirbat al-Jawfa may have fled on 12 May as a result of the capture of Baysan, which surrendered on the same day.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

After 1948 the armistice line separating Israel from the West Bank fell a short distance to the west of Khirbat al-Jawfa, cutting through the lands of the nearby village of Faqqu'a (now on the West Bank). The lands of this village that were east of the armistice line, inside Israel, have been combined with the lands that belonged to Khirbat al-Jawfa. Hence it is no longer possible to distinguish the lands of Faqqu'a from those of Khirbat al-Jawfa. The settlement of Ma'ale Gilbo'a (189209), founded in 1962, in located inside this amalgamated parcel of land, southwest of the village site.

Village Today

Although sections of some walls still stand, most of the former houses have been reduced to rubble. The entire area has been fenced in and is used as a grazing area for cows. A large water tank belonging to kibbutz Ma'ale Gilbo'a is on the site (see photo).

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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