Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 16, 1948
Distance from district center	7 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #13 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigades
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Murassas inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 9,936 Jewish 3,002 Public 1,539 Total 14,477
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 16 0 Planted W/ Cereal 9,894 3,002 Built up 26 0 Cultivable 9,910 3,002 Non-Cultivable 1,539 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 312 1931 381 1945 460 1948 534 Est. Refugees 1998 3,277
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 89 1948 124
Nearby wadies & rivers	al-Murassas bordered Wadi al-'Ashsha to the North and Wadi Jalud to the south.
Archeological sites	The village contains an ancient pool known by al-Fakht.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
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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 village site is part of an agricultural area that is exploited by the settlements of Sde Nachum and Beyt ha-Shitta. The only structures in the area are telephone poles and a small shed"

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with 'Awwad Ibrahim Khalil al-Sakaji (Abu Khalil)
• Nakba Oral History interview with Rafiq al-Sakaji