Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 21, 1948
Distance from district center	14 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	650 (meters)
Map location	See location number #18 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el Brigade
Village defenders	Arab Liberation Army volunteers, Jordanian Army, and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Bayt Umm al-Mays was completely destroyed and defaced, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Umm al-Mays inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,013 Jewish 0 Public 0 Total 1,013
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 51 Planted W/ Cereal 273 Built up 2 Cultivable 324 Non-Cultivable 687
Population before occupation	Year Population 1945 70 1948 81 Est. Refugees 1998 499
Town's name through history	The Crusaders referred to the village by Beittelamus.
Water supplies	Bayt Umm al-Mays has two springs located to the southwest which provided it with its water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No 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:
The site is covered with wild grass that grows around the remains of stone terraces. A few almond, olive, and fig trees also grow along the terraces. The dried-out stems ofvines can be seen among the grass. The remains of a demolished house, which include fragments of an archway, stand at the northern end of the village; the ruins of another house stand at a short distance from the southern end, near a well. Two caves can be seen in the west. There are two very large stone slabs standing at the southern edge of the site, surrounded by bushes