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District of Baysan
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||
| Occupation Date | May 12, 1948 | ||||||||||
| Distance From District | 11.5 (km) South of Baysan | ||||||||||
| Elevation | (-225) (meters) | ||||||||||
| Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details |
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| Map Location | See location #29 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation | Gidion Operation | ||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Most likely Golani Brigades | ||||||||||
| Defenders | Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||
| Acts of Terror | Massacre occured by Zionist troops against the town's inhabitants. | ||||||||||
| Village Temains | al-Fatur was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||
| Ethnically Cleansing | In mid February 1948, al-Fatur inhabitants were mostly terrorized and displaced out of their homes by the racist Zionists. | ||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| Town's Name Through History | The village was also known by al-Shaykh al-Fatur too. | ||||||||||
| Water Supply | The village still has the spring of al-Fatur which used to supply it with drinking water. | ||||||||||
| Archeological Sites | The village has two khirbas: the 1st is Shaykh al-Fatur and the 2nd Shaykh Radgha. | ||||||||||
| Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
No Israeli settlements on village lands. | ||||||||||
| Featured Video | |||||||||||
Village TodayAccording to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:"The village has been destroyed and the surrounding land has been planted in wheat by the Israeli colony of Mechola (see photo). The rubble of structures from Shaykh al-Fatur is overgrown with thorns and doum palm trees. The spring of al-Fatur lies immediately to the north of the rubble." |
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| Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |