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al-Masmiyya al-Kabira
District of Gaza
المسمية الكبيرة - אל-מסמיה אל-כבירה
Ethnically cleansed days ago
 
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Town Statistics & Facts

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 Israelis
The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of its two schools and several houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis
al-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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Town Today

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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  • Former House Of El-Shaykh Ibrahim Thabit In 1987
  • Village building currently is in use by an Israeli, 1987
  • The village girls' school, 1987
  • New Jewish Settlers In al-Masmiyya Soon After Occupation, 1949
  • A house, west of the village centre
  • A house east of the village centre. Now part of a base education corps of the army called Sha'arei Avraham.
  • صورة للشهيد/ عامر حسن مهنا 23 عاما

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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008
          Last reply posted on JUNE-9-2008

    Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return?
    هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟

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    Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008

    Specific Board for Prisoners- صفحة مخصصة لأخبار الأسرى
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    Graduation Announcements Board - صفحة مناسبات التخرج
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    Posted by Uri Zackhem on NOVEMBER-14-2006
          Last reply posted on NOVEMBER-21-2006

    Sign al-Masmiyya al-Kabira's Guest Book - سجل الزوار
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    Posted by Webmaster on JULY-2-2006
          Last reply posted on FEBRUARY-28-2007

    Obituaries Announcements Board -صفحة الوفيات
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    Posted by Webmaster on MAY-7-2001
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    Sign al-Masmiyya al-Kabira's Guest Book
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    Posted by Uri Zackhem on NOVEMBER-14-2006

    In the filem rout 181 of Michel Khleifi & Eyal Sivan we can see that one family stayed in Masmiya. The family of Malaka SHARKAWI.
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    411 Directory Service

    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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