Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 1, 1948
Distance from district center	5 (km) North of Safad
Elevation from the sea	800 (meters)
Map location	See location number #51 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only the rubble of destroyed houses left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	The village has been mostly ethnically cleansed at the end Operation Yiftach (25th of May 1948)
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,441 Jewish 0 Public 12 Total 8,453
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 585 Area planted w/ olives 350 Planted W/ Cereal 5,178 Built up 61 Cultivable 5,763 Non-Cultivable 2,629
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 434 19th century 200 1922 299 1931 364 1945 530 1948 615 Est. Refugees 1998 3,776
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 60 1948 101
Schools	Taytaba had an elementary school for boys, which was built during the British Mandate period.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was overlooking Wadi Taytaba (a tributary of Wadi Waqqas).
Archeological sites	The village contained khirbat al-Tasarif, which had fragments of an ancient tomb.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Dalton is nearby village lands
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village site contains the stone rubble of razed houses. A few olive trees still stand, growing among the thorny plants and grass. Part of the surrounding land is used by the settlement of Dalton for agriculture and pastures; other parts are wooded