Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 13, 1948
Distance from district center	16.5 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #41 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giva'ti brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Bashshit was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bashshit inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 18,538 Jewish 0 Public 15 Total 18,553
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 66 Irrigated & Plantation 651 Area planted w/ olives 67 Planted W/ Cereal 17,558 Built up 58 Cultivable 18,275 Non-Cultivable 220
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 936 1931 1,125 1945 1,620 1948 1,879 Est. Refugees 1998 11,540
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 333 1948 556
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Bashshit by Basit.
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 148 students.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Shrines/maqams	One shrine for unknown individual
Nearby wadies & rivers	Wadi Bashshit ran 1/2 km to the East.
Archeological sites	The village contains khirbat al-Nabi 'Ararat, which has pillars, cisterns, and pottery.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Newe Mivtach, Meshar, Kefar Mordekhay, Misgav Dov, Kannot, Shedema, and 'Aseret.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"Of the original village houses, no more than five still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing. One of these houses, located at the edge of a citrus grove, is made of cement blocks, with rectangular doors and windows and a tiled, sloping roof".

• Nakba Oral History interview with Ahmad Sa'dun
• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Salameh Killab