Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 22, 1948
Distance from district center	17.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	675 (meters)
Map location	See location number #37 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el and Etzioni brigades
Defenders	Local militia and Egyptian Army/Muslim Brotherhood Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	'Allar was mostly destroyed with the exception of the village school, and possibly either its shrine or its mosque remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	A large number of 'Allar's refugees remained encamped in the gullies and caves around the villages, only to be expelled during Israeli raids in subsequent months.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 12,353 Jewish 0 Public 3 Total 12,356
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 353 Planted W/ Cereal 2,234 Built up 12 Cultivable 2,587 Non-Cultivable 9,757
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 204 19th century 400 1945 440 1948 510 Est. Refugees 1998 3,134
Number of houses	N/A
Schools	One elementary school (remain standing)
Religious institutions	Since 'Allar currently contains a domed structure, then it's possibly that it had at least a mosque before destruction.
Shrines/maqams	One shrine/maqam for al-Shaykh Ibrahim (probably, it's still standing), plus three other unknown maqams.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village overlooked a tributary of Wadi al-Sarar.
Water supplies	'Allar has several springs which used to supply the inhabitants with fresh water including 'Ayn al-Tannur.
Archeological sites	Several khirbas are in 'Allar's vicinity including Khirbat al-Shaykh Ibrahim.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Matta' and Bar-Giyyora
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links 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:
"Stone rubble, concrete blocks and slabs, and steel bars litter the site, together with the remains of stone terraces and walls. One domed stone structure, the former school building, still stands."

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