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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 18, 1948
Distance from district center	7.5 (km) Northeast of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #6 on the map
Israeli military operation	Possibly Operation Dekal
Israeli acts of terror	Little unknown massacre committed while the village was being occupied. Fifteen plus villagers were rounded up and shot dead. Some villagers who survived the massacre, lived to talk about it in Syria. Further details about this little massacre are missing, so please be free to share any information you may know about it.
Refugees' migration route	Some of 'Arab al-Mawasi escaped to Syria and some stayed behind in the inner Galilee.
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Wa'ra al-Sawda', Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas	The villagers belonged mainly to the 'Arab al-Mawasi clan, but some families were of the 'Arab Wuhayb
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,036 Jewish 7 Public 0 Total 7,036
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Planted W/ Cereal 2,027 Built up 10 Cultivable 2,027 Non-Cultivable 4,999
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 1,060 1945 1,870 1948 2,169 Est. Refugees 1998 13,321
Number of houses	In (1931): 190 (161 'Arab al-Mawasi, 29 Arab al-Wuhayb)
Shrines/maqams	Two shrines: the 1st was for al-Shaykh 'Umar and 2nd was for al-Shaykh Musa al-Qadhim.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Ravid and Arbel
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

Bibliography and References

Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
No traces of the houses remain. Stone terraces provide the only indication of a former village on the site

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
قصي عوض	عرب المواسى	-
الامير ناجي العويمر	المواسي	-
قتيبة عوض	عرب المواسى	-
mohd kasem	almesawe	syria, syria
ابو محمد المواسي	-	-
أبو مرعي	المواسى	دمشق, سوريا
خليلية	خليلية	جبع
fadi abbas	-	-
Assad Elabbasa	almawasi	-

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