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| al-Ja'una District of Safad الجاعونة - אל-ג'אעונה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 9, 1948
Distance from district center
5 (km) East of Safad
Elevation from the sea
500 (meters)
Map location
See location number #66 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
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of several houses being used by the Jewish settlement of Ro'sh Pinna
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Ja'una was mostly ethnically cleansed in early May 1948, but some people remained until June 5th 1949, then they were forcibly kicked out to Lebanon.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
824
Jewish
7
Public
8
Total
839
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
172
7
Area planted w/ olives
171
0
Planted W/ Cereal
248
0
Built up
43
0
Cultivable
420
7
Non-Cultivable
369
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
171
19th century
140
1931
799
1945
1,150
1948
1,334
Est. Refugees 1998
8,192
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
149
1948
248
Schools
The village had an elementary school for boys founded by the Ottomans.
Water supplies
The village had enough springs water to power a water mill.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Ro'sh Pinna
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The settlement of Ro'sh Pinna occupies the village site. Many of the houses remain; some are used by the residents of the settlement; other stone houses have been abandoned and destroyed. The entrance of one house has a basket-handle arch
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| سليمان جلبوط | Jalboot | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| أحمد تميم | الجاعونة | دمشق, سوريا |
| Ghassoub Daklallah | دخل الله | SWEDEN |
| محمد نايف سلا مه | سلامه | ابو ظبي, ابو ظبي |
| نيرمين | الجاعونة | - |
| Mohammed | - | - |
| Yassar | Dakhlalla | SAYRI |
| Ali Amairy | Amairy | LEBANON, LEBANON |
| Jumana Amairy | - | - |
| ABOU SHADI | AMAIRY | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| ايمن جلبوط | جلبوط | - |
| Dr.issam Alkousa | Alkousa | - |
| د.حسين محمد سلامة | Salameh | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Dr.alaa alkousa | Alkousa | - |
| Aiman | Amairi | - |
| Abed Salem | - | - |
| (ABU RANI) | AMAYRI | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Rani Amayri | Amayri | DUBAI, UAE |
| Eissa Amyri | عمايري | دمشق, سوريا |
| Mahmoud Amayri | - | GERMANY, GERMANY |
| Elnaimi | Elnaimi | BORDEAUX, FRANCE |
| Aboualnour_1989@hotmail.com | Alkousa | SIREYA, YARMOOK |
| Mohammed Abou Staiti | - | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Morshed | Tamim | USA |
| Mustapha | - | BEQAA_SAIDNAYL, LEBANON |
| امـــجــد كيلاني | كيلاني | الخبر, الخبر |
| Radwan Amayri | - | SYRIA |
| Abed Darraj | Darraj | - |
| Mohammad Abou esteite | Abou esteite | GERMANY, GERMANY |
| Soubhieh Tamim | Tamim | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Dr.esam Alkousa | Alkousa | DAMASCS, SYRIA |
| صالح أوَى | - | - |
| Abdul Naser Tamim | - | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Nizar Jalbout | JALBOUT | SPAIN |
| Wiaam Am Ali | - | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| IHAB AHMAD AM ALI AM ALI | AM ALI | DUBAI, U-A-E |
| AHMAD AM ALI | AM ALI | U-A-E, U-A-E |
| Muhammed Tamim | Tamim | BELGIUM |
| Nadia Tamim | Tamim | UAE, UAE |
| Ataya | - | ONTAIO, CANADA |
| Fawzi Tamim | Tamim | - |
| Abu Ahmed | JALBOUT | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Bilal Amairi | - | SYRIA, SYRIA |
| Tayseer mahmoud kousa | Kousa | BALABAAK, LEBANON |
| Taysser shadi kousa | Kousa | TAALBAYA, LEBANON |
| Saqer | Kousa | BALABAAK, LEBANON |
| Mahmood Darraj | DARRAJ | ABU DHABI, ABU DHABI |
| Dr. Samer Amayri | Amayri | , GERMANY |
| Mutaz Tamim | Tamim | VIENNA |
| Razan Amayri | Amayri | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Ayham Housain | Housain | DUBAI, UAE |
| Atef | Darraj | ABU DHABI, UAE |
| Sami Tamim | Tamim | UAE, UAE |
| Haytham Tamim | - | - |
| Samir Alkhatib | Ayob | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Zouhair Zaitouni | Zaitouni | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Ahmad Zeitouni | Zeitouni | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
| Ahmad Amayri | Amayri | DAMASCUS, SYRIA |
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