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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 29, 1948
Distance from district center	28.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-'Abisiyya was ethnically cleansed as a result of a psychological warfare on the 25th of May 1948.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 13,671 Jewish 1,257 Public 501 Total 15,429
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 4 0 Irrigated & Plantation 6,390 231 Planted W/ Cereal 2,830 509 Built up 17 40 Cultivable 9,224 740 Non-Cultivable 4,931 477
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 70 1931 609 1945 1,510 (290 Jewish)
Number of houses	In (1931): 123
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village close to the Banyas River.
Water supplies	The village used the water of Banyas River for irrigation, and several nearby springs were used for drinking water.
Archeological sites	The village contained the following khirbas:- Tall al-Sakhina, Tall al-Shari'a, and al-Shaykh Ghannam
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	'Amir , Sde Nechemya, and Kefar Szold
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
No trace of the village remains. The site is covered with grass, shrubs, and a few scattered trees

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