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| Simsim District of Gaza سمسم - סומסום Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 13, 1948
Distance from district center
15 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #39 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak
Israeli attacking brigade
Negev Brigade
Israeli acts of terror
Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisSimsim inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
12,671
Jewish
3,386
Public
740
Total
16,797
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
240
0
Irrigated & Plantation
250
2
Planted W/ Cereal
12,207
3,375
Built up
44
0
Cultivable
12,697
3,377
Non-Cultivable
670
9
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
110
1922
760
1931
855
1945
1,360 (70 Jewish)
1948
1,496
Est. Refugees 1998
9,190
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
195
1948
341
Town's name through history
The Crusaders referred to village by Semsem.
Schools
Simsim had anb elementary school founded in 1934, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 45 students. In 1947, Simsim shared its school with the nearby village of Najd.
Archeological sites
The village had archaeological site known by al-Ras and Sha'fat al-Mughur (which contained a Roman cemetery).
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Gevar'am and Or ha-Ner
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The village has been obliterated & pile of stones that may be the debris of a village building is visible. The site is fenced in and serves as a pasture."
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