Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 6, 1948
Distance from district center	17 (km) North of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	200 (meters)
Map location	See location number #1 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigade
Exodus Cause	Abandonment based on Arab orders
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Sirin was completely destroyed, and only its cemetery and one of its houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Sirin inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 16,589 Jewish 477 Public 11,379 Total 28,445
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 413 0 Area planted w/ olives 109 0 Planted W/ Cereal 15,342 471 Built up 131 0 Cultivable 15,755 471 Non-Cultivable 12,082 6
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 22 1922 581 1931 630 1945 810 1948 940 Est. Refugees 1998 5,770
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 161 1948 240
Schools	An elementary school for boys.
Archeological sites	The village contains the remains of a mosaic pavement and a vaulted spring with the fragment of a cornice from the Byzantine period.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on village lands.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The cemetery and one house (which serves as a storage room for straw) are all that remain of Sirin. Stone rubble surrounded by clusters of cactuses can be seen on the site. The site itself is used as a stockyard for cattle. The spring in the middle of the site is covered with a stone structure. Some of the land around the village is planted in cotton "

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Muhammad Hassan Salih Raba'i
• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Said al-Zubi