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| al-Samakiyya District of Tiberias السمكية - ערב א-סמכיה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 4, 1948
Distance from district center
11 (km) Northeast of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea
about -200 (meters)
Map location
See location number #3 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Matat (Broom). A sub-operation within Operation Yiftach
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Samakiyyan was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Samakiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
10,474
Jewish
0
Public
52
Total
10,526
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
2
Irrigated & Plantation
66
Area planted w/ olives
50
Planted W/ Cereal
4,034
Cultivable
4,102
Non-Cultivable
6,424
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
193
1931
290
1945
380
1948
441
Est. Refugees 1998
2,707
Number of houses
In (1931): 60 (includes Talhum)
Religious institutions
al-Samakiyya had an Italian monastery, a Franciscan church, and a Greek Orthodox church . It's very possible that all of these churches or monasteries remains standing!
Nearby wadies & rivers
Wadi al-Wadabani borders village lands
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Amnon and Korazin
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The village site is covered with wild vegetation, piles of basalt stones, and date palm trees. Part of the surrounding land is used as pasture, and the other part is planted with fruit and walnut trees
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