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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 25, 1948
Distance from district center	7 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #4 on the map
Israeli military operation	Either Bi'ur Chametz or Operation Bi'ur Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade	Carmeli Brigade
Israeli acts of terror	More than 60 villagers were massacred by the Haganah on the 31st of December 1947 (new years eve Massacre).
Refugees' migration route	Some went to Haifa harbor, and some went to Acre.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Mostly the village has survived destruction. Many of the houses and shops are still standing and are occupied by Jewish settlers. The cemetery is visible and it's in a state of neglect. Late 1999, the cemetery and the grave of 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam were desecrated.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Partial ethnical cleansing took place already soon after the New Year's Eve massacre and on 24.April 1948, the rest of the inhabitants were ethnically cleansed and bused out by British troops.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,844 Jewish 285 Public 3,720 Total 9,849
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 368 0 Area planted w/ olives 418 0 Planted W/ Cereal 4,563 78 Built up 241 0 Cultivable 4,931 78 Non-Cultivable 4,392 207
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 350 1922 407 1931 747 1945 4,120 1948 4,779 Est. Refugees 1998 29,349
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 144 1948 921
Town's name through history	The village was named after al-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Sahli and the village cemetery currently contains the grave of al-Shaykh 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam (the grave was desecrated in late 1999).
Schools	Balad al-Shaykh had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1887.
Notable people from town	The village was named after al-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Sahli and the village cemetary currently contains the grave of al-Shaykh 'Izz al-Din al-Qassam (the grave was desecrated in late 1999).
Shrines/maqams	A Maqam for the renowned Sufi al-Shaykh 'Abdallah al-Sahli.
Archeological sites	On the north side of the village is the tomb of Shaykh Abdallah al- Sahli and adjacent to it, it's Khan, which probably dates back to the Mameluk Period.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Nesher township
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:
"Many of the Arab houses and shops are still standing and are occupied by the settlement's inhabitants. The cemetery is visible and is in a state of neglect."

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
علي سويطات	سويطات	عمان, الاردن
محمد محمود علي سويطات	-	عمان, الاردن
جمال	فضل	-
احمد كلاس	كلاس	الرياض, السعوديه
jawad al sahli	السهلي	دمشق
اسماء محمود علي سويطات	-	amman, jordan
Thaer	-	-
khaled elzaben	ELZABEN	-
khaled Al Sahli	-	-
هيثم زيدان	-	-
abu waseem	hasonah	-
ابو علي	علي	عمان, الاردن
Hussein KAYED	Tukan	-
maisan	-	-
Mohd Renno	Renno	-
Rami El Sahli	-	Tyre sour, Lebanon
mostafa al sahli	-	saida, lebanon
Rabih Sahli	-	Beiurt, lebanon
Husam Wazayfi	al wazayfi	Manchester, United Kingdom
Mahmoud Al-Khatib	-	Saida, Lebanon
Mohammad Al sahli	Al sahli	Swiden, Swiden
Aziz Al-Noonuh	Al-Noonou	Oxford, United Kingdom
wesam alsahli	-	Amman, jordan
Abu Seif el Wazaifi Hakim	el-Wazaifi	Ontario, Canada, Canada
Zohair Al Sahli	Balad al-shaykh	Uppsala, Sweden
Naser EL Khatib	El Khatib	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
SAEED AL-SAHLI	AL-SAHLI	FLORIDA, USA
ahmed	al sahle	abu dhabi, 00971
Jamal Kayed	-	CANADA
Hasan AlSahli	-	-
Safoh Abdul Hameed Al-Sahly	Abdul Hammed	Damascus
Nedal Amin Suleiman Haj-Ibrahim	Haj-Ibrahim Jaradat	CA, USA
Maged (Mohamed)	Abdul Hameed	Warsaw, Poland
obaida Al-sahli	Sleiman	Damascus, Syria
Nader	Ismael	damascus, Syria
Feras Sahli	Sahli	-
Obeida	Sleiman	Damascus, Syria
moutasim	no	andahraparadsh, india
nizar alsahli	balad alshekh	syria
naser alsahli	dar said Balad elsheykh	denmark
abed al-sahli	balad alsheikh	Pennsylvania, USA
ابراهيم ياسين	ياسين	غزه, فلسطين

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