Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 30, 1948
Distance from district center	15 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #50 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Ben-Nun
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Bayt Jiz was mostly destroyed with the exception of its school.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Jiz inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,202 Jewish 0 Public 155 Total 8,357
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 36 Area planted w/ olives 14 Planted W/ Cereal 6,529 Built up 29 Cultivable 6,565 Non-Cultivable 1,763
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 203 1931 370 1945 550 1948 638 Est. Refugees 1998 3,918
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 67 1948 115
Schools	An elementary school built in 1947, and it currently functions as a recreational facility.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Har'el, Tzelafon, and Gizo.
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 school is the only remaining landmark and is used as a recreation facility, although a fire observation tower has been added to it. A number of houses remain. Some are used for storage, others are deserted. One of the storage houses is a large, stone structure, with a flat roof and a three paneled, lancet-arched side window. Three of the deserted houses are two-story structures"

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Muhammad Ahmad Hussein
• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Jameel al-Saleh