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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 16, 1948
Distance from district center	10.5 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	180 (meters)
Map location	See location number #7 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kafra inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,409 Jewish 0 Public 1,763 Total 9,172
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 36 Area planted w/ olives 83 Planted W/ Cereal 8,379 Built up 18 Cultivable 8,415 Non-Cultivable 739
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 273 1931 298 1945 430 1948 499 Est. Refugees 1998 3,063
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 81 1948 135
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local religious teacher known as al-Shaykh Muhammad.
Archeological sites	Kafra contains the ruins of an unknown ancient village on its lands.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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:
"Cactuses grow amid the rubble of the village. Almond, olive, and fig trees grow on the site, and a fence surrounds much of the land in the vicinity."

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
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Qasem Al-Mdallal	-	-
abu ahmad	modallal	Abu Dhabi, UAE

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