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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 22, 1948
Distance from district center	22 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #21 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Shoter (Police)
Israeli attacking brigade	A special force drawn from the Golani, Carmeli, and Alexandroni brigades
Village defenders	Local Palestinian militia, Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some assistance from the Iraqi army in Tulkarm and Jinin.
Israeli acts of terror	In September 1948, UN investigators stated that 130 villagers were unaccounted for (al-Tira, 'Ayn Houwd, & 'Ayn Ghazal for more detailes)
Refugees' migration route	Villagers were expelled eastward to Jinin
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Sawamir inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 17 1931 1,439
Number of houses	In (1931): 247 (included under 'Ayn Ghazal)
Archeological sites	al-Sawamir contained foundations of buildings, cut building stones, caves, tombs, and a well.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	En Ayyala & 'Ofer
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The ruins of two walls (formerly parts of a building) are visible at the site, which has been fenced in with barbed wire. "

 

 

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