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| Qaddita District of Safad قدّيتا - קדיתא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 11, 1948
Distance from district center
5 (km) Northwest of Safad
Elevation from the sea
750 (meters)
Map location
See location number #52 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
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of the village cemetery and rubble from destroyed houses
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisQaddita was mostly ethnically cleansed, some villagers were allowed to stay in 'Akbara (Safad).
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
2,440
Jewish
0
Public
1
Total
2,441
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
150
Area planted w/ olives
77
Planted W/ Cereal
1,452
Built up
31
Cultivable
1,602
Non-Cultivable
808
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
149
19th century
200
1922
110
1931
170
1945
240
1948
278
Est. Refugees 1998
1,710
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
32
1948
52
Town's name through history
Qaddita may have been a corruption of the Syriac word Kaddisha meaning
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Sifsofa and Dalton settlements are nearby the village.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
All that remains are tombs from the cemetery and stone rubble from the destroyed homes.
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| وسام محمود | - | برلين, المانيا |
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| Samer Hamze | - | - |
| Mahmoud Hleihel | - | - |
| Hassan Hamzeh | Saado | SHARJAH, UAE |
| Akram Youssef | Youssef | NORTH, LEBANON |
| Bilal Hamze' | Hamze' | CHTAURA, LEBANON |
| HUSSAM HAMZEH | HAMZEH | ATHENS, GREECE |
| Hassan Hashim | - | HOMS, SYRIA |
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