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 Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of several houses being used by the Jewish settlement of Ro'sh Pinna
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-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
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 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

• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Khalid Amayra