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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 1, 1948
Distance from district center	31.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #5 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 Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated on the orders of the Jewish National Fund official Yosif Witz
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Sanbariyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,284 Jewish 198 Public 50 Total 2,532
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 539 44 Planted W/ Cereal 1,739 154 Cultivable 2,278 198 Non-Cultivable 56 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 83 1945 130 1948 151 Est. Refugees 1998 926
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 20 1948 36
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was near Wadi Hasibani
Archeological sites	The village contained an important inscription, cut into a Roman column, that referred to the Roman Emperor Julian (A.D. 331-363)
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ma'yan Barukh and Dafna
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, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The uneven land of the site is covered by grass and trees, including some old olive trees. No sign of the village remains. The surrounding lands are cultivated by Israeli farmers

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Clan/Hamolah

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