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| Kafr Saba District of Tulkarm كفر سابا - כפר סאבא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 15, 1948
Distance from district center
16.5 (km) Southeast of Tulkarm
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #17 on the map
Israeli military operation
Coastal Clearing
Israeli attacking brigade
Alexandroni Brigade
Defenders
Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisKafr Saba was completely defaced with the exception of its two shrines, the school, and ruins of the village cemetery.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisKafr Saba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
6,019
Jewish
3,144
Public
525
Total
9,688
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
1,026
1,199
Irrigated & Plantation
355
224
Area planted w/ olives
30
0
Planted W/ Cereal
4,662
1,675
Built up
26
0
Cultivable
6,043
3,098
Non-Cultivable
475
46
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
800
1922
546
1931
765
1945
1,270
1948
1,473
Est. Refugees 1998
9,047
Number of houses
In (1931): 169 (includes 'Arab al-'Ubaydat)
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to Kafr Saba by Caphar Saba, and the Romans called it Kapharseb.
Schools
Kafr Saba had one elementary school for boys which remain standing.
Shrines/maqams
The village has two shrines: the 1st is for al-Nabi Yamin and the 2nd for al-Nabi Yahya (John the Baptist, see 'Ayn Karim, Jerusalem for more details). Both shrines remain standing, see Pictures section for details.
Archeological sites
One Mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Newe Yamin, Nir Eliyyahu, & the Israeli City of Kefar Sava.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village site has been used for the construction of new residential quarters within an industrial area that is part of the settlement of Kefar Sava. Some of the old village houses have survived destruction and are located today within the settlement; a number of them are used as commercial buildings. The two shrines, the school, and the ruins of the village cemetery remain
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