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| Bi'lin District of Gaza بعلين - ביעלין Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 8, 1948
Distance from district center
39 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
150 (meters)
Map location
See location number #17 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation An-Far
Israeli attacking brigade
First Battalion of Giv'ati Brigade
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 IsraelisThe village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBi'lin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,415
Jewish
294
Public
327
Total
8,036
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
143
0
Planted W/ Cereal
6,992
294
Built up
6
0
Cultivable
7,135
294
Non-Cultivable
601
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
101
1931
127
1945
180
1948
209
Est. Refugees 1998
1,282
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
32
1948
52
Schools
Bi'lin had an elementary school which was founded in 1937.
Shrines/maqams
A shrine for al-Shaykh Ya'qub.
Water supplies
Bi'lin contained two wells which supplied it with its drinking water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Qedma
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All that remains is the rubble of a few houses, with wild herbs and thorns growing on the site, along with some trees and cactus plants."
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| Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟ |
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