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| Welcome To Sa'sa' District of Safad سعسع - סעסע Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | October 30, 1948 | ||||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 12 (km) North East of Safad | ||||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 875 (meters) | ||||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #44 on the map | ||||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Hiram | ||||||||||||||||
| Israeli attacking brigade | The terror soldiers of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade and Palestinian Arab Druze unit. | ||||||||||||||||
| Israeli acts of terror | On 15th of February 1948, the Palmach Third Battalion killed 15 villagers including 5 children, and the destruction of 15 village houses. Another UNKNOWN MASSACRE occurred in Sa'sa' during occupation on the handed of the terror gangs of Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade. We need details about this unknown massacre if you have any! | ||||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Expulsion by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis | The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses, some are deserted, and some are used by Jewish settlers | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis | The village inhabitants were mostly ethnically cleansed to Lebanon, but some were allowed to stay in Jish (Safad). | ||||||||||||||||
| Terminating refugee camps | The refugees are mostly living in Naher al-Barid refugee camp near Tripoli (Lebanon), some are in al-Rashidyah refugee camp near Sour/Tyre (Labanon), and few refugees living in the village of al-Ghaziyah (mostly from al-Sayid clan) near 'Ayn al-Hilwah refugee camp. | ||||||||||||||||
| Village clans (hamolas) | The clans of DAR EL-SAYED, DAR HUSSAEN EL-KHALIL , DAR WHEBEH, DAR ALSHEIKH HUSSAEN DAR AL HAJJ, DAR LUBANI, DAR KENAAN, DAR SALEH, DAR EL GHAZAL. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Schools | The village had two elementary schools, one school was for boys and the other school was for girls. | ||||||||||||||||
| Religious institutions | One mosque | ||||||||||||||||
| Shrines/maqams | Sa'sa contains maqam/shrine for an old sage known by Maqam al-Sheikh Waheib, Maqam Sitty Nafeesa, and Maqam al-Sheikh Sadeeq. | ||||||||||||||||
| Water supplies | The village contained AYN AL BEDEIH, SHEIKH WAHEIB, OUM ALASSAFEER, OUN AL RAKHAM, AL BERKHEIH, AL MAHFARA and 10's of underground wells all around in the village houses and in the fields around. | ||||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Sasa | ||||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Some of the old olive trees remain, and a number of walls and houses still stand. Some of the houses are presently used by the settlement; one of them has an arched entrance and arched windows.
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Wael Abou Houssein | - | Denmark |
| Moh'd Bader | - | usa |
| Anwar AlSaleh | ALSALEH | Dubai, UAE |
| shawki krayyem | - | naher allbared |
| noora | السيد | uae, uae |
| Mohammed soubhi el sayyed | El Sayyed | Athens |
| BADR | BADR | GERMANY |
| BADR | adib ibrahim badr | germany |
| Khaled Bader | Bader | Kuwait |
| bahaa | - | - |
| Mohamed Hassan Zarife | Zarife | Germany, Germany |
| AKRAM AHMAD ZEIDAN WEHBEH | Wehbeh | HAWALLY, STATE OF KUWAIT |
| Bilal El Sayed | - | dubai, UAE |
| Mutaz Loubani | Loubani | Germany |
| Wehbeh | - | UAE |
| mohammad kassem | nehmi | - |
| Rabih Wehbeh | Rabih | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Taghrid | Hussein Alkhalil | Ontario, Canada |
| Mohammed Abdulrahim | Huusein Khalil | - |
| cippa | - | - |
| Mohamad Wehbe | - | United Arab Emirates |
| naser kassem | kassem | danmark |
| wahed | - | lund |
| hosam loubani | loubani | damascus, syria |
| Ahmad Wehbe | Wehbe | cleveland, United Kingdom |
| Ahmad Al Jumaa | - | Texas, USA |
| heba alsayed | - | ABU DHABI -UAE |
| Mahmoud Abdul Rahim | Hussin Al Khalil | North, Lebanon |
| zaid sasa | sasa | amman, jordan |
| Mahmoud Loubani | Loubani | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| abdallah | kahlalieh | dubai, uae |
| Hussein El-Sayed | El-Sayed | UK |
| moussa ahmed | saasaa | - |
| Um mohiddin | wehbe,Tripoli | California, Lebanon |
| abo eljoj | - | germany, germany |
| Walid Awad | Awad | Dubai, UAE |
| wasim nasr | - | - |
| Ahmed Fawzi | Loubani | Doha, Qatar |
| Samer Loubani | Loubani | Tripoli, Lebanon |
| Ahmad | Loubani | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| A Loubani | Loubani | - |
| Maher Dahoud | Dahoud | U.A.E |
| Soubh Badr | Badr | - |
| Ahmad El sayed | EL sayed | UAE |
| Abu Faten Wehbe | Wehbe | Abu Dhabi - Ottawa |
| Hietham Bou Shaheen | - | Mount Lebanon, Lebanon |
| Mahmoud Wehbe | Wehbe | U.A.E - SHARJAH |
| LOUBANI | - | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Dwahbeh | - | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Fawzi El-Breidi | El-Breidi | sharjah, UAE |
| Mohammad Ahmad Abou Hussein | Abou Hussien | - |
| Jihad Abou Hussien | Abou Hussien | Denmark, Denmark |
| Ibrahim Abou Hussien | Abou Hussien | Denmark, Denmark |
| Abdullah Abou Hussein | Abou Hussien | - |
| Mohammad Al Sayed | Al Sayed | Libanon, Libanon |
| wissam elhajj | - | - |
| BADER | - | greece, greece |
| Fahd | Azzam | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| moataz Azzam | Azzam | abu dhabi, united arab emirates |
| jamal abu hassan | abu hassan | danmark, danemark |
| Ahmad Al Jumaa | - | Texas, USA |
| Fadi Krayyem | - | - |
| Rani Rafick Al Sayed | Rani Rafick Al Sayed | UAE, Abu Dhabi . U.A.E |
| Samar El Sayed | - | Canada |
| moukhtar | - | lebanon, lebanon |
| Ali El-Sayed | El-Sayed | Denmark, Denmark |
| abuhalim | abdallah | lebanon, sasa |
| Nora | - | - |
| Louay | Chahade | UAE |
| aboura | - | U.A.E |
| Mohamad Soliman | Soliman | Denmark, Denmark |
| Wissam | Balous | abu dhabi, UAE |
| Khaled Al-Sayyed | Al-Sayyed | Abu Dhabi, Palestine |
| maher ahmad wehbe | wehbe | tripoli, lebanon |
| wehbe wehbe | wehbe | doha, qatar |
| tareq ne3me | qassem | abu dahbi, UAE |
| MOHAMMAD BURHAN WEHBE | wehbe | tripoli, lebanon |
| Farah | Farah | United Arab Emraites, United Arab Emraites |
| Rafick El-Sayed | El-Sayed | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
| Sameh Sayyed | - | lebanon |
| mOEN WAHBEH | WAHBEH | TRIPOLI, 961 |
| Ahmad Zarife | EL-HAJ | TRIPOLI, LEBANON |
| Oussama Wehbe | Wehbe | Nord, France |
| Tareq Wehbe | Wehbe | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| jomanah wehbeh | - | naher albared-tripoli, lebanon |
| Samer Abou-Houssein | - | Aarhus, Denmark |
| ASHRAF MAJED ABU HUSSEIN | ABU HUSSEIN | ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
| Hanadi Loubani | Loubani | Canada |
| loma | - | lebanon, lebanon |
| nayef Moh'd kanaan | Kanaan | Malmo |
| Soubh Badr | Badr | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| issam saleh | - | - |
| almouktar | - | lebanon, Palestine |
| ZIAD WEHBE | - | - |
| Samer Bader | - | Aksai, Kazakhstan |
| Jenine1988 | Wehbeh | - |
| marwan wehbeh | wehbeh | - |
| Ziad Diab | Al-Ghazal | Canada |
| mohammad wehby | - | - |
| RAMI WEHBE | Wehbe | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Jihad Diab | Al-Ghazal | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| Ahmad Khalil Moh'd A/Rahim | (AbdulRahim) Hussein Khalil | Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| omar nasser | nasser | tripoly, lebanon |
| قرارية | - | - |
| MOHAMMED ALI MOHAMMED MERA'I KANA'AN | KANA'AN | ABU DHABI , U.A.E |
| Ahmad Loubani | - | Ontario, Canada |
| Mohamed Abou houssein | Abou Hussein | Danmark, Danmark |
| NAIF TAHA | EL HAJE | SHARJAH, UAE |
| husam wehbeh | wehbeh | ankara, turkey |
| Iyad Wehbe | Wehbe | Sharjah, UAE |
| Ahmad Abou Hussein | Abou Hussein | Denmark, Denmark |
| lotfi wehbe | - | Dubai, U.A.E |
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