Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Exode palestinien de 1948" in French language version.
« About 400 villages and towns were depopulated in the course of the war and its immediate aftermath. By mid-1949, the majority of these sites were either completely or partly in ruins and uninhabitable. »
« Of the 418 depopulated villages, 293 (70 %) were totally destroyed and 90 (22 %) were largely destroyed. Seven survived, including 'Ayn Karim (west of Jerusalem), but were taken by Israeli settlers. »