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District of Tulkarm
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation Date | May 15, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 16.5 (km) Southeast of Tulkarm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 50 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Aerial View | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Map Location | See location #17 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | Coastal Clearing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attacking Units | Alexandroni Brigade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Defenders | Local militia & Arab Liberation Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Military assault by Zionist troops | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Village Temains | Kafr Saba was completely defaced with the exception of its two shrines, the school, and ruins of the village cemetery. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | Kafr Saba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Population |
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Number of Houses | In (1931): 169 (includes 'Arab al-'Ubaydat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Near By Towns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Town's Name Through History | The Crusades referred to Kafr Saba by Caphar Saba, and the Romans called it Kapharseb. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schools | Kafr Saba had one elementary school for boys which remain standing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shrines / Maqams | The village has two shrines: the 1st is for al-Nabi Yamin and the 2nd for al-Nabi Yahya (John the Baptist, see 'Ayn Karim, Jerusalem for more details). Both shrines remain standing, see Pictures section for details. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archeological Sites | One Mosque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
Newe Yamin, Nir Eliyyahu, & the Israeli City of Kefar Sava. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Featured Video | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Village TodayAccording to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:The village site has been used for the construction of new residential quarters within an industrial area that is part of the settlement of Kefar Sava. Some of the old village houses have survived destruction and are located today within the settlement; a number of them are used as commercial buildings. The two shrines, the school, and the ruins of the village cemetery remain |
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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 |
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
ايمن سمير نمر حمدان الولويل | الولويل | بون , المانيا |
صايل الجبر | - | الزرقاء, الزرقاء |
امجد | غنيم | bruxelles, bruxelles |
ابو سابا | عرباس | عمان, الأردن |
محمد نجار | - | - |
" محمد عماد" جبر | جبر | - |
سهيل | عرباس | حولي, الكويت |
محمد ياسين | - | - |
نادر ولويل | ولويل | - |
ابو هيثم | البلاسمة | العاصمة, عمان |
عرفات عثمان بلاسمة | - | طولكرم, طولكرم |
معتز سارة | داوود | الاردن |
the deeth to israel | hamed - walweel | UAE, DUBAI |
BARAKAT | BARAKAT | JORDAN |
وليد شريف | - | - |
علان | allan | kuwait, kuwait |
ahmad_najjar | - | - |
ابوانس | بلاسمه | amman, الاردن |
ابو عبيده | بلاسمه | - |
Ghassan Jabr | Jabr | Ramallah |
mahmoud balasmeh | balasmeh | - |
عماد ولويل | ولويل | - |
ياسين زياد ياسين | ياسين | |
انس النجار | النجار | صويلح, الاردن |
ahmad balasmeh | بلاسمة | wadi alseer, jordan |
Mustafa Alhamed | Alhamed | Amman, Jordan |
Mahmood Adnan Yousef Ajez | Ajez | Marj Al-Hamam, Jordan |
khaliline | hamed | kuwait |
abu ghassan | alkhatib | amman |
firas ayash | alblasma | - |
hasan hamed | Walweel | Amman, Jordan |
Anas | - | - |
MOHMMAD ALNAJJAR | - | - |
زياد عرباس | عرباس | ***********, فلسطين |
Mohammed Barakat | - | - |
Anas | Walweel | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Abdul Rahman Hisham Walweel | Walweel | Kuwait |
Hamzeh Bdeir | Bdeir | - |
tarek tayem | - | - |