Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 20, 1948
Distance from district center	7 (km) West of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #12 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Nachshon
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Sarafand al-Kharab was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing and one of its schools.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Sarafand al-Kharab inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,545 Jewish 1,611 Public 347 Total 5,503
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 3,148 1,087 Irrigated & Plantation 49 15 Planted W/ Cereal 310 189 Built up 33 0 Cultivable 3,507 1,291 Non-Cultivable 352 320
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 862 1931 974 1945 1,040 1948 1,206 Est. Refugees 1998 7,409
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 206 1948 255
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1920, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 258 boys. This school was also shared with Wadi Hunayn, Bir Sa1im, and al-Nabi Rubin villages. A girls' school was also established in 1945, and when it opened its doors it had an enrollment of 46 girls (one of the schools remains standing to this date).
Water supplies	The villagers irrigated their crops from the many artesian wells they had drilled.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Nes Tziyyona, Yad Eli'ezer, and Beyt Chanan.
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 remaining structures on the village land are:
"A major part of the village has been destroyed. Many houses, however, remain; no more than six of them, including the house of Muhammad Darwish, are occupied by Israeli families. Most of them have gable roofs and rectangular doors and windows. One house is comprised of two stories and has a slanted roof. The school is used by Israeli students. A pond and a pump house in the orchard of Mahmud Yusuf Darwish are still undamaged".

• Nakba Oral History interview with Muhammad Ibrahim
• Video Nakba Oral History: Interview with Yousif Ibrahim