Al-Samiriyya
Al-Samiriyya | |
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Arabic | السامرية |
Also spelled | Samiriya, al-[1] |
Subdistrict | Baysan |
Palestine grid | 196/204 |
Population | 250 (1945) |
Date of depopulation | May 27, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current localities | Sdei Trumot |
Al-Samiriyya (Arabic: السامرية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 27, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 7 km southeast of Baysan.
In 1945 the village had a population of 250. The village had a mosque and three Khirbas: Khirbat al-Humra, Tulul al-Thawm, and Tall al-Khab.
References
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
Coordinates: 32°26′15″N 35°29′14″E / 32.43750°N 35.48722°E
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