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| Khulda District of al-Ramla خُلدة - ח'ולדה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 6, 1948
Distance from district center
12 (km) South of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
150 (meters)
Map location
See location number #46 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Nachshon
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisOn April 20th, 1948, Khulda was mostly bulldozed with the exception of two houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisEarly April 1948, Khulda inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
9,349
Jewish
0
Public
128
Total
9,461
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
9
Planted W/ Cereal
8,994
Built up
8
Cultivable
9,003
Non-Cultivable
450
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
66
1922
53
1931
178
1945
280
1948
325
Est. Refugees 1998
1,995
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
29
1948
52
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to Khulda by Huldre.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Water supplies
Villagers drew water for domestic use from two wells located northeast of the village center.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kibbutz Mishmar David and Tal shachar.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
"Only two houses are left. Between them the walls of two destroyed houses still stand; the iron braces that formerly supported the roofs are still attached to the brickwork."
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