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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 21, 1948
Distance from district center	14 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea	65 (meters)
Map location	See location number #14 on the map
Israeli military operation	The second phase of Operation Ben-Ami
Israeli attacking brigade	Carmeli Brigade
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Nahr was mostly destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Nahr inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,243 Jewish 0 Public 18 Total 5,261
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 2,066 Irrigated & Plantation 1,937 Area planted w/ olives 310 Planted W/ Cereal 1,094 Built up 28 Cultivable 5,097 Non-Cultivable 136
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 522 1945 610 1948 708 Est. Refugees 1998 4,345
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 120 1948 162
Town's name through history	The Ottoman Yearbook referred to the site as belonging to the villages of Tall and Qahwa.
Archeological sites	al-Nahr was established on an archaeological site called Tall al-Qahwa.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ben 'Ammi and Kabri.
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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Mohammad Merhi	Merhi Al-Afifi	Abra, Saida, Lebanon
Monah Ahmad Zaghloul	Zaghloul	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
يافا خالد عطية	عطية	سورية, سورية
om salih	attiya	-
SALIH KHALID ATTIYA	ATTIYA	SYRIA, SYRIA
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Luay Merhi	-	saida, Lebanon
Ali	-	Mazraa' village
Riad Merhi	Al Afifi	Saida, Lebanon, Lebanon
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Amal El-Chazli	-	Beirut, Lebanon
asslan	Asslan	Mazraa village
Dareen Abu Alkheer	-	Canada
Fadi Izhamad	-	South, Lebanon
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En. Khalid attiya	foad attiya	aleppo , syria-aleppo-nerap camp
YOUSSEF IDIAB	IDIAB	DANMARK, DANMARK
M. MOUSA	Mousa	Canada
lolo	alnahr	saida, lebanon
Joumana Mar'i	Merhi-Afifi	Sharjah, U.A.E.
Shahnaz Merhi	Mrs.Shahnaz Diab	Saida-Lebanon
Ousama Merhi	Merhi	South, Lebanon

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