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| Qadas District of Safad قدس - קדס Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 28, 1948
Distance from district center
17 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
245 (meters)
Map location
See location number #27 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Hiram
Defenders
Lebanese Army & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisQadas inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
10,644
Jewish
3,491
Public
4
Total
14,139
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
156
165
Area planted w/ olives
286
0
Planted W/ Cereal
5,709
3,307
Built up
20
19
Cultivable
5,865
3,472
Non-Cultivable
4,763
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
319
19th century
100
1931
273
1945
390
1948
452
Est. Refugees 1998
2,778
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
56
1948
92
Water supplies
Qadas draw it water supplies from a small nearby wadi which contained many springs
Archeological sites
The village contained a Roman temple at the site dated to the first two centuries A.D
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Yiftach, Malkiyya, and Ramot Naftali
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Stones from the destroyed houses are strewn over the fenced-in site, and a few partially destroyed walls near the spring are visible. The flat portions of the surrounding lands are planted with apple trees; the spring provides drinking water for cattle.
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