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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	June 7, 1967
Distance from district center	10 km Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	250 meters
Map location	See location number #49 on the map
Israeli military operation	Six days war
Village defenders	Jordanian Army and at the outbreak of the war some Egyptian commandoes.
Israeli acts of terror	Based on the orders of the Nobel prize winner, Yitzchak Rabin, armored jeeps broadcasted orders for the immediate eviction of the three villages of 'Imwas, Yalu, and Bayt Nuba to the East Bank. The terrorist, Yitzchak Rabin, gave the inhabitants only a few hours to gather their possessions, and got them on their way to Ramallah. To expedite the ethnic cleansing process, as in 1948 war, the Jewish Army shot over the heads of the fleeing villagers to make sure they would not come back. (see al-Masmiyya al-Kabira, Gaza for an eyewitness account of such terror practices). Soon after, the three villages were bulldozed and dynamited by the 'Jewish Army'. Based on eyewitness account, 12-15 villagers went back to their villages soon after its occupation, and they are still unaccounted for.
Refugees' migration route	Like their predecessors, the refugees from al-Lydd and al-Ramla in 1948, the villagers fled towards the Ramallah area. Many slept in Ramallah's bus station for at least a week, until they were invited in by relatives in the area. A few of the refugees made it on foot across the bombed al-Lynbi bridge on the Jordan river to Amman, Jordan.
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated and defaced by building on top of it the so called Canada Recreational Park. Please take the time to protest the building of such park on a looted land by registering your complain to your nearest Canadian Embassy.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Nuba was completely ethnically cleansed.
Terminating refugee camps	Many villagers fled to Ramallah and al-Bira to join some of their relatives, and a few made it on foot across the borders to Amman, Jordan.
Neighboring towns	Bayt Luqya, al-Bueyra, Bayt Seira, Yalu, Natif, Qatannah, and Salbit.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 14,992 Jewish 0 Public 18 Total 11,401
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,002 Area planted w/ olives 464 Planted W/ Cereal 6,997 Built up 74 Cultivable 7,999 Non-Cultivable 3,328
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 839 1931 944 1945 1,240 1961 1,350
Number of houses	In 1931: 226
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to Bayt Nuba by Beth Annaba or Betnobie.
Schools	Bayt Nuba had two schools: the 1st school was an elementary school for boys founded in 1922, and in 1948 it had an enrollment of 49 boys teaching them one instructor only; in 1967 , the same school had an enrollment 172 boys teaching them five instructors. The 2nd school was an elementary school for girls, which had an enrollment of 111 in 1967 and three instructors.
Religious institutions	One Mosque
Water supplies	The villagers used to obtain their drinking water from a well known by Beir al-Jabar (meaning the mighty well).
Archeological sites	Bayt Nuba contains Khirbat al-Sowanat to the West which has stone quarries.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	The Canada recreation park.
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The village has been completely obliterated and defaced by building on top of it what so called Canada recreation park.

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
yousef falah	abdelmuhdi	ill, usa
موسى شحادة	ريان	عمان
كرمل	zayed	albireh
ام مراد	زايد	القدس
حسن حماد	ريان	الاردن, الاردن
Fayez Rayyan	-	OK , USA
ابراهيم العوراني	-	-
Seham Zayed	Zayed	Florida, USA
ahmad haikal	haikal	amman, jordan
alfisal	ryan	amman
Mazen Zayed	Zayed	-
احمد النوباني	-	الزرقاء, الزرقاء
Yousef Zayed	-	-
Samira	Rayyan	Maryland, USA
ابوعبدالله	هيكل	عمان, بيت نوبا
Zeiad Zaid	Zaid	NRW, Germany
حاتم القاضي	القاضي	المانيا
لؤي القاضي	القاضي	المانيا
Ahmad Ali Shehadeh	Rayyan	Jordan, Jordan
أحمد نعيم حلوه	حلوه	-
احمد حماد	الريان	-
محمد العبد مصطفى	زايد	اربد
نوباني	زايد	الزرقاء
ايمن حسين الخطيب	الخطيب	عمان
اسامه برغل	برغل	بيت نوبا, بيت نوبا
momet	زايد	amman
Malik Al-ourani	alorani	OK, USA
امجد فتيان	ال ريان	-
Lutfi Zayed	-	-
محمدعبد الله	-	amman , jordan
وسام هيكل	-	عمان , الاردن
Issa	Rayyan	-
مهند	زايد	الاردن, الاردن
mobs... borgol	برغل	0788682298
nidal haykal	haykal	-
abed dasan	abo hamedeh	-
احمد هيكل	-	عين نقوبا
abo yazeed	هيكل	عمان, الاردن
Awni Haikal	Haikal	germany
Khairi Abuhamidah	ابو حميدة	jordan, jordan
شحادة	-	AMMAN, jordan
دبكات	SHALTAF	سرائيل , زعترة
ahmad ORANI	-	-
khaled hammad	-	amman
Jameel Zayed	Zayed	Wales, UK
Thaer Zayed	Zaaayed	Dubai, UAE
bilal	ghani	ocupied teritories, palestine

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