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| al-Mas'udiyya District of Jaffa المسعوديّة/صميل - אל-מסעודיה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Israeli occupation date
December 25, 1947
Distance from district center
5 (km) Northeast of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #14 on the map
Israeli military operation
Haganah or IZL
Refugees' migration route
Initially, many refugees sought refuge in the neighboring Jammasin, but later they were on the move again.
Exodus Cause
Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Mas'udiyya was mostly destroyed with the exception of a deserted house that belonged to Muhammad Baydas.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisDespite of a peace truce between the villagers and the Haganah, the villagers were terrorized into fleeing on 25th of December 1947.
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
449
1931
658
1945
850
1948
986
Est. Refugees 1998
6,055
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
127
1948
190
Town's name through history
The village was known originally by its alternative name Summayl, but it was renamed to al-Mas'udiyya in the early twentieth century.
Schools
al-Mas'udiyya had an elementary school for boys founded in 1931, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 31 student.
Religious institutions
One mosque which was built on top of a church foundation.
Nearby wadies & rivers
al-Mas'udiyya was situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Tel Aviv City
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All that remains of the village is one deserted house that belonged to Muhammad Baydas. Nearby is the al-Mas'udiyya (or Summayl) bridge-an arched, steel structure."
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