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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 18, 1948
Distance from district center	7 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #12 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigades
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Jabbul was completely destroyed and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Jabbul inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,407 Jewish 20 Public 9,700 Total 15,127
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 5 20 Planted W/ Cereal 4,367 0 Built up 33 0 Cultivable 4,372 20 Non-Cultivable 9,372 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 231 1931 218 1945 420 (170 Jewish) 1948 290 Est. Refugees 1998 1,781
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 50 1948 66
Town's name through history	Both Crusades and Romans referred to Jabbul by Gebul.
Schools	Jabbul didn't have a school, however, its students used to attend school in the nearby village of Kawkab al-Hawa.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village borders Wadi Yubla from southwest and Wadi al-'Ashsha from the south.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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 houses have been reduced to rubble and are overgrown with trees, thorns, and wild grass."

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Clan/Hamolah

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