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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 15, 1948
Distance from district center	14 (km) South of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	-210 (meters)
Map location	See location number #25 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Possibly the Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Dalhamiyya was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Dalhamiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,756 Jewish 746 Public 350 Total 2,852
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 29 0 Planted W/ Cereal 1,709 672 Cultivable 1,738 672 Non-Cultivable 368 74
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 352 1931 240 1945 410 1948 476 Est. Refugees 1998 2,921
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 50 1948 99
Nearby wadies & rivers	al-Dalhamiyya is situated on the north bank of the Yarmuk River, on the Palestine-Jordan border.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ashdot Ya'aqov, Ashdot Ya'aqov Me'uchad, and Menachemya.
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. There is a banana grove on the site that belongs to the nearby kibbutz, Ashdot Ya'aqov

 

 

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