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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 25, 1948
Distance from district center	25 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 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	Haganah 'Wispering' campaign (psychological warfare)
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Salihiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,528 Jewish 789 Public 290 Total 5,607
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 23 0 Planted W/ Cereal 4,230 764 Built up 94 25 Cultivable 4,253 764 Non-Cultivable 471 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 1,281 1945 1,520 1948 1,763 Est. Refugees 1998 10,828
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 257 1948 353
Schools	al-Salihiyya had an elementary school for boys.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village was situated on the intersection of the Jordan River and Wadi Tur'an.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Blum is nearby 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

Bibliography and References

Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village has been obliterated; no trace of it remains. Residents of the settlement of Kefar Blum cultivate the surrounding land

 

 
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