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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 18, 1948
Distance from district center	12 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #40 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	On June 10th 1948, the Jewish Army started leveling the village based on an order of Yosef Weitz (a Jewish National Fund official). However, few houses remain standing which were mostly looted by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Maghar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,252 Jewish 2,659 Public 1,479 Total 15,390
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 1,772 194 Irrigated & Plantation 86 0 Area planted w/ olives 22 0 Planted W/ Cereal 9,261 2,431 Built up 31 0 Cultivable 11,119 2,625 Non-Cultivable 1,581 34
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 966 1931 1,211 1945 1,740 1948 2,018 Est. Refugees 1998 12,395
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 255 1948 424
Schools	An elementary school for boys, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 170 students.
Notable people from town	In the eighth century A.D, the village was the birthplace of the Islamic jurist Abu al-Hasan Muhammad al-Maghari.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village is situated north of Wadi al-Maghar.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beyt El'azari
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, all that remains of the village:
"A number of houses still stand: four of them are occupied by Jewish families and the rest are deserted. Some walls of demolished houses are still erect. "

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
HAZEM	-	AMMAN, AMMAN
Khaldoun Elias Jabr	Jabr	Amman, Jordan
ابو العز	حمدان	القطاع, البريج
أبو عامر	جبر	البريج, فلسطين
Alothmani	Al-Othmani	Kuwait
ابو عماد	جبر	, فلسطين
Ashraf Al hour	Al hour	Jordan, jordan
Mohammad Altaweel	Altaweel	Doha, Qatar
الفلسطيني انا	الطويل	عمان, الاردن
عاشقة الوطن الجريح	الطويل	عمان, الاردن
ABONASER	ALTAWILL	K.S.A
Abu Youssef	Al- Tawil	Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
العسود	-	-
سامي حمد	حمد	Michigan, USA
hadeel hamad	hamad	jordan
احمد حمد	حمد	الجزائر
خليلية	خليلية	جبع
alhour	alhour	doha, qatar
Abu Hani	Al Sarraj	Palestine, Palestine
Omar El Taweel	-	Palestine, Palestine
Mohammed Taha	Alhour	-
khaled al Hour	Al Hour	doha, Qatar
majed shaheen	Palestine	-
Mohammed Hamad	Hamad	Saudi Arabia
abo siraj	jaber	palestine, palestine
Ahmad Al Hour	Al Hour	Amman, Jordan
Rami Al Hour	Taha	UAE
Mohammed Altawil	-	Ontario, Canada
FUAD	MUGHAR	CANADA, CANADA

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