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Welcome To al-Samiriyya - السامريه (א-סאמריה)

District of Baysan
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 27, 1948
Distance From District 7 (km) Southeast of Baysan
Elevation -135 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #26 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Gideon
Attacking Units Fourth Battalion of the Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains al-Samiriyya was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Samiriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,851
Jewish 0
Public 1,022
**Total 3,873
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 11
Planted W/ Cereal 3,625
Built up 21
Arable 3,636
Non-Arable 216
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 162
1931 181
1945 250
1948 290
Est. Refugees 1998 1,781
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 41
1948 65
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Ashrafiyya
          ↖
Farwana
↑
(N)
Jalbun  ←
al-Samiriyya
→   'Arab al-'Arida
↘           
al-Hamra
Places of Warship One Mosque
Archeological Sites The village contains three Khirbas: Khirbat al-Humra, Tulul al-Thawm, and Tall al-Khab.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Sde Terumot

Village Before Nakba

The village was built on flat terrain in the Baysan Valley, east of the highway leading to Baysan. It was on the junction of several thoroughfares, including the Baysan-Jericho highway. The village mosque was built at the intersection of two roads: one led to the village of Qa'un, and the other connected the village to Arab al-Arida. Toward the end of the Mandate, new house construction led to an expansion of the village along the highway. Of the 250 people who lived in al-Samiriyya in 1945, 240 were Muslims and 10 were Christians. In 1944/45 a total of 2,801 dunums was allocated to cereals; 11 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. There were three archaeological sites near the village: Khirbat al-Humra , where there was a ruined mill; Tulul al-Thawm , which contained twin mounds; and Tall al-Khab.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

An Israeli military assault led to the evacuation of the village on 27 May 1948. This was probably carried out in the wake of the 'clearing' of the Baysan Valley and in preparation for the failed attack on Jenin. The History of the War of Independence provides indirect support for this information, stating that at the end of May, the Golani Brigade's Fourth Battalion occupied a number of villages on the road to Jenin. AI-Samiriyya may have been captured around the same time as al-Mazar and Nuris (both of which were methodically levelled by the occupying units) in conjunction with that operation

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Sde Terumot was established in 1951, just to the north of the site, on village lands.

Village Today

Only collapsed roofs remain; they are located on the western edge of the Sde Terumot settlement.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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