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| al-Masmiyya al-Kabira District of Gaza المسمية الكبيرة - אל-מסמיה אל-כבירה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 8, 1948
Distance from district center
41 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
75 (meters)
Map location
See location number #7 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation An-Far
Israeli attacking brigade
Possibly Giva'ti Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of its two schools and several houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Masmiyya al-Kabira inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
19,850
Jewish
229
Public
608
Total
20,687
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
1,005
0
Irrigated & Plantation
597
0
Planted W/ Cereal
18,086
229
Built up
135
0
Cultivable
19,688
229
Non-Cultivable
635
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
1,930
1931
1,756
1945
2,520
1948
2,923
Est. Refugees 1998
17,952
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
354
1948
589
Schools
al-Masmiyya al-Kabira had two schools, one for boys and one for girls, which were founded in 1922 and 1944, respectively. The number of students reached 307 in the boys' school and 39 in the girls' in 1945.
Religious institutions
Two mosques
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Bene Re'em, Yinnon, Achawa, and Chawwat Berurim
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The two schools and several village houses are extant. The girls' school is deserted, while the boys' school has been converted into an Israeli army installation. Some of the houses are inhabited but others have been turned into warehouses. One house serves as a shop where juice is sold. All are made of concrete with simple architectural features flat roofs and rectangular doors and windows. A date palm tree grows in the yard of a house that belonged to a Palestinian named Tawfiq al-Rabi. An Israeli gas station is located on the same spot where the village's station (once the property of Hasan 'Abd al-'Aziz and Nimr Muhanna) once stood."
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To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| محمد طلال مهنا | مهنا | - |
| Osama Khalil Abdel-Fattah Abu Daia | Abu Daia | SURREY , UNITED KINGDOM/UAE |
| خضر السيد | - | - |
| محمد أحمد ياغي | ياغي | -, الأمارات |
| Raid Abdelrahman Yaghi | Yaghi | ABU DHABI |
| R.Yaghi | ياغي | BENGHAZI, LIBYA |
| Mosa | - | ANKARA |
| احمد مهنـــا | - | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| رائد دياب | دياب | - |
| سامح مهنا | مهنا | - |
| Yasser Mahmoud Zedan | Zedan (Muhanna ) | KUWAIT, KUWAIT |
| Abo Ahmad | Mehanna | - |
| إبراهيم أهنç | أهنç | - |
| Aaed | MOHANNA | ST. PETESBURG, RUSSIA |
| Majed mohanna | مهنا | غزة, فلسطين |
| Yousef omer yousef zidan | Zidan | OOST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM |
| Mohammad AbuRizik | AbuRizik | - |
| د.عمر ياغي | YAGHI | ALAIN, UAE |
| Ibraheem amer Muhanna | Muhanna | GAZA, PALESTINE |
| Yousef | Yaghi | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Eyas | Yaghi | RIYADH |
| NAB | Al Baghdadi | GAZA |
| Nadine Yaghi | Yaghi | JERUSALEM, PALESTINE |
| Firas Yaghi | - | JERUSALEM |
| ثائر حسين علي سيف | سيف | ABU DHABI |
| Mohammed Abdussamea Abdulla Qasem Saif | Saif | ABUDHABI, U A E |
| بسام | سيف | دحر اءبءح |
| موسى محمود موسى ياغي | ياغي | - |
| Riyad Diab | Diab | GAZA, PALESTINE |
| B.yaghi | YAGHI | ABU DHABI |
| Mustafa Mohamed Mohanna | Mohanna | GAZA, PALESTINE |
| Firas Yaghi | Yaghi | SAUDI ARABIA, RIYADH |
| Nabil Mahmoud Hassan Abedrabu Othman Muhanna | Muhanna | RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA |
| Mutaz Abuhayeh | Abu Hayeh | AMMAN |
| Dr. muhammad deyab | Deyab | QATAR, QATAR |
| Iim | Muhanna | - |
| Hana Alkhatib | Alkhatib | ALBERTA, CANADA |
| M.yaghi | Yaghi | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Mhanna | Gaza | ALCORCON, MADRID |
| Kamal Abodayeh | Abodayeh | SAUDI ARABIA, SAUDI ARABIA |
| Mohamed Wael Mahanna | Mhanna | BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA |
| Yooos | Yagi | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| امـــجــد كيلاني | كيلاني | الخبر, الخبر |
| Dr anas | Abu al joud (yaghi) | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Hasan Ghazi mhanna | - | MADRID, SPAIN |
| Ehabdiab | DIAB | +974, QATAR |
| Amar Zedan | Zedan( Muhanna) | OH, USA |
| Mahmoud Zedan( Abou Adli) | Zedan | OH, USA |
| Yousif | Yaghi | PALESTINE, PALESTINE |
| Mohammed Muhanna | Muhanna | - |
| Ibrahim mohammad | Yaghi | BAQ'A CAMP, JORDAN |
| Ismail Yaghi | - | RIYADH |
| Firas AL-Ramly | - | AL-KHOBAR, SAUDI ARABIA |
| Abdul-Majeed Y. Abou-Zaanoonah | Abou-Zaanoonah | JORDAN |
| Ra'ed Mahmoud Abou-Zedan | Abou-Zedan (Mehenna) | CALIFORNIA, USA |
| Ibrahim Mehanna | - | - |
| Ibrahim Yaghi | Yaghi | AQABA, JORDAN |
| Husam Yaghi | Yaghi | - |
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