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Bi’lin District of Gaza

It was occupied on July 1948 by Israel. The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses .Bi’lin District of Gaza Bi’lin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Bi’lin had an elementary school, which was founded in 1937. A shrine for al-Shaykh Ya’qub Bi’lin contained two wells, which supplied it with its drinking water, needs.

Now an Israeli settlements is located there “Qedma”.

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi the village remaining structures on the village land are: “All that remains is the rubble of a few houses, with wild herbs and thorns growing on the site, along with some trees and cactus plants.”

In 1931 in the village there were 32 houses and 1948  were 52.

Land ownership before occupation

 
Ethnic Group)Land Ownership (Dunums
Arab 7,415
Jewish 294
Public 327
Total 8,036

 

Land usage in 1945

 
Land Usage TypeArab (Dunum)Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation 143 0
Planted W/ Cereal 6,992 294
Built up 6 0
Cultivable 7,135 294
Non-Cultivable 601 0

 

Population before occupation

 
YearPopulation
1922 101
1931 127
1945 180
1948 209
Est. Refugees 1998 1,282

 

Source: Palestineremembered.com

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