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| Mughr al-Khayt District of Safad مُغر الخيط - מע'ר אל-ח'יט Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 2, 1948
Distance from district center
4.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
500 (meters)
Map location
See location number #59 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade
The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisMughr al-Khayt was mostly destroyed with the exception of few cement rooms remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisMughr al-Khayt inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
6,141
Jewish
384
Public
102
Total
6,627
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
573
0
Area planted w/ olives
540
0
Planted W/ Cereal
3,742
384
Built up
31
0
Cultivable
4,315
384
Non-Cultivable
1,897
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
94
19th century
300
1922
235
1931
343
1945
490
1948
568
Est. Refugees 1998
3,491
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
73
1948
120
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The settlements of Chatzor ha-Gelilit and Ro'sh Pinna are nearby village lands
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is overgrown with grass and cactuses and littered with stone rubble from destroyed houses. Two cement rooms, built adjacent to one another, still stand and are in relatively good condition. Of the hundreds of olive trees that once grew there, only a few remain
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