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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 26, 1948
Distance from district center	7 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	450 (meters)
Map location	See location number #45 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Hiram
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' 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	The village has been completely obliterated
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Marus was mostly ethnically cleansed on 28th of May 1948 as a result of psychological warfare. By 30th of October 1948, the village was completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 3,181 Jewish 0 Public 2 Total 3,183
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 108 Area planted w/ olives 53 Planted W/ Cereal 903 Built up 8 Cultivable 1,011 Non-Cultivable 2,164
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 45 1931 59 1945 80 1948 93 Est. Refugees 1998 570
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 12 1948 18
Water supplies	The spring of 'Ayn Abu Zamla supplied the village with its water needs.
Archeological sites	The village contained a synagogue, which functioned as such from the 7th-12th centuries
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No 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 site contains some olive and fig trees as well as stones from ruined homes. The surrounding land is used for grazing

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