Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 10, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) North of Safad
Elevation from the sea	825 (meters)
Map location	See location number #46 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Dallata inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 9,072 Jewish 0 Public 2 Total 9,074
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 302 Area planted w/ olives 52 Planted W/ Cereal 3,651 Built up 37 Cultivable 3,953 Non-Cultivable 5,084
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 127 19th century 100 1922 204 1931 256 1945 360 1948 418 Est. Refugees 1998 2,565
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 43 1948 70
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Dalata by Deleha
Schools	The village had a small school which had an enrollment of 37 students in 1945.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Dalton
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:
All that remains are the debris of the houses scattered across the site, partly covered by grass, shrubs, and trees. A few stone terraces on village land are still intact, and some olive trees still grow. About 1 km south of the site lies the Israeli settlement of Dalton

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