Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 16, 1948
Distance from district center	8 (km) Northwest of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	125 (meters)
Map location	See location number #9 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dekel
Israeli attacking brigade	The terror gangs of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Defenders	Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Refugees' migration route	Many of the villagers took refuge in Salama, an area between Dayr Hanna and al-Mughar. Later on, they were mostly ethnically cleansed to Lebanon.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Hittin was mostly destroyed with the exception few deserted houses, the shrine, and the village mosque remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Hittin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 22,086 Jewish 147 Public 531 Total 22,764
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,936 28 Area planted w/ olives 200 0 Planted W/ Cereal 10,439 23 Built up 70 0 Cultivable 12,375 51 Non-Cultivable 10,172 96
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 889 1931 931 1945 1,190 1948 1,380 Est. Refugees 1998 8,477
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 190 1948 281
Town's name through history	The Canaanites referred to Hittin by Siddim or Ziddim, the Israelites called it Kefar Hattin, and the Romans called it Kfar Hittaya.
Schools	Hiitin had an elementary school for boys, which was founded in 1897 by the Ottomans.
Religious institutions	One mosque (still standing)
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for al-Nabi Shu'ayb. The shrine is still sacred for the Palestinian Druze! If they like it or not, they are still Palestinian Arabs!
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Arbel, Kefar Zetiln, Kefar Chittiln, and Mitzpa.
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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 overgrown with grass, and heaps of stones are scattered across it. Aquatic plants grow in the shallow streams that run past it. The mosque is deserted; its minaret is intact but its arches are crumbling (see photos). Mulberry, fig, and eucalyptus trees, as well as cactuses, grow on the site. The surrounding lands of the plain are cultivated, while the moun- tainous lands are used as grazing areas. The shrine of al-Nabi Shu'ayb, on the slope of a hill near the village, still stands as a holy place for Druze pilgrims

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