Al-Sumayriyya
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Al-Sumayriyya (Arabic: السُميريه, Katasir in Canaanite times, Someleria during Crusader rule), was a Palestinian village located six kilometers north of Acre that was depopulated after it was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[7] The ruins of the village are today in the outskirts of the Israeli moshav of Regba.
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al-Sumayriyya
السُميريه Someleria, Katasir | |
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Etymology: "Tawny" or "Brown"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°58′22″N 35°05′36″E | |
Palestine grid | 159/264 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Acre |
Date of depopulation | 14 May 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 8,542 dunams (8.542 km2 or 3.298 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 760[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Regba, Lohamei HaGeta'ot,[5][6] Shomrat[6] |
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