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| al-Sammu'i District of Safad السموعي - א-סמועי Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 12, 1948
Distance from district center
4 (km) West of Safad
Elevation from the sea
675 (meters)
Map location
See location number #68 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Hiram
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, with the exception of some sections of stone walls, a well, and a canal
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisThe village has been mostly ethnically cleansed on 12th of May 1948
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
9,713
Jewish
0
Public
5422
Total
15,135
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
422
Area planted w/ olives
170
Planted W/ Cereal
4,204
Built up
27
Cultivable
4,626
Non-Cultivable
10,482
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
308
19th century
200
1922
173
1931
213
1945
310
1948
360
Est. Refugees 1998
2,208
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
39
1948
65
Religious institutions
One mosque
Shrines/maqams
A shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Muhammad al-'Ajami
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village had number of springs terminated into a water tank
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kefar Shammay and Amirim
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is deserted. All that remains of the buildings are some sections of stone walls, a well, and a canal
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