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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 20, 1948
Distance from district center	2 (km) East of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #17 on the map
Israeli military operation	Gedeon Operation
Israeli attacking brigade	Fourth Battalion of Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Ghazzawiyya was completely destroyed defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Ghazzawiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,323 Jewish 7,625 Public 5,460 Total 18,408
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 13 0 Irrigated & Plantation 34 744 Planted W/ Cereal 6,746 6,771 Built up 0 100 Cultivable 6,793 7,515 Non-Cultivable 3,990 10
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 1,640 (620 Jewish) 1948 1,183 Est. Refugees 1998 7,266
Archeological sites	The village contains the following Tell or (khirbas):- Tell al-Barta, Tell al-Husn, and Tell al-Maliha.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ma'oz Chayyim & Newe Eytan
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, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No physical evidence indicates that the village ever existed"

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