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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 11, 1948
Distance from district center	32 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #11 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders	Sudanese Army soldiers.
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Daras inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 15,896 Jewish 0 Public 461 Total 16,357
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 832 Irrigated & Plantation 472 Planted W/ Cereal 14,438 Built up 88 Cultivable 15,742 Non-Cultivable 527
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 319 1922 1,670 1931 1,804 1945 2,750 1948 3,190 Est. Refugees 1998 19,590
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 401 1948 709
Schools	Bayt Daras had an elementary school which was founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 234 students.
Religious institutions	Two mosques
Archeological sites	The village contained stone foundations and vaulted rooms.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	'Azriqam, Emunim, and Khirbat 'Awda
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:
"The only remains of village buildings are the foundation of one house and some scattered rubble. At least one of the old streets is clearly recognizable"

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
حسين الحاج خليل	أبوشمالة	الزرقاء, الأردن
مجد أبو شمالة	أبو شمالة	غزة
أبو أحمد	الخطيب	-
مفيد أحمد	أبوشمالة	-
مصعب تايه	تايه	qatar
ابومحمود	المقادمة	عمان, الاردن
الحوت	ابو شمالة	قطاع غزة, فلسطين
ابوعبدالله	-	جدة, السعودية
أبو المعتصم	عابد	غزة, فلسطيني
عمار	أبو شمالة	بيت دراس, النمسا
Yahya	المقادمة	-
ESSAM ABU SHAMMALAH	ABU SHAMMALAH	RIYADH, KSA
sakooob	-	-
محمد مقادمة	المقادمة	-
zombe	-	-
Mohamed Mutawe Hassan abu-shamala	-	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
مفتول	-	gaza
ساره	-	amman
احمد ابوشماله	-	-
شاهين	أبو شمالة	-
مصعب	-	-
إسماعيل احمد فضل شاهين	ابو شماله	دبي, الامارات
kamham mohammad abushamaleh	-	-
FEW 2008	SHAMMALA	GAZA, PALESTINE
مجاهد البدرساوي	أبو شمالة	غزة, فلسطين
عقيل	أبو شمالة	-
أبو عبادة المقدسي	-	-
أبوأحمد	الخطيب	خانيونس
ابو عمار	عائلة عمار	-
أبوصخر	المقادمة	al remal, فلسطين
faried aboushamalah	motawe aboushamalah	ontario, canada
khaled abu shamaleh	-	saudi arabia, 009662
Hisham Ammar	-	Copenhagen, Denmark
khalid younis	al mqadmeh	-

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