Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 14, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) North of Acre
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #20 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Ben-Ami
Israeli attacking brigade	Carmeli Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Sumayriyya was mostly destroyed with the exception of its mosque.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Sumayriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,935 Jewish 0 Public 607 Total 8,542
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 632 Irrigated & Plantation 354 Area planted w/ olives 200 Planted W/ Cereal 6,870 Built up 28 Cultivable 7,856 Non-Cultivable 658
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 200 1931 391 1945 760 1948 882 Est. Refugees 1998 5,414
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 92 1948 207
Town's name through history	al-Sumayriyya may have been called Katasir during the Canaanite period. It's subsequent name was possibly derived from the one of the jewish sect of the Samartians, who were ethnically cleansed out of the Acre area by Ahmad Basha al-Jazzar in the late 18th Century. They moved to the Nablus district, now in the occupied West Bank, where they still live as Palestinian citizens with full rights. By the Crusaders, the village was called Someleria.
Schools	al-Sumayriyya had an elementary school for boys, which was founded in 1943. In 1945, it had an enrollment of 60 students!
Religious institutions	One mosque which remains to this date, however, it needs serious renovations guys!
Archeological sites	Tall al-Sumayriyya contains carved stones, a mosaic floor, tombs, columns, and stone capitals. Khirbat Abu 'Ataba has an Islamic shrine and ceramic fragments.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	ha-Geta'ot and Shamrat
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More Information	Language External Links 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:
"One room from the mosque, portions of a building, segments of walls and arches from fallen houses, and graves are all that remain of al-Sumayriyya. The remaining part of the mosque is a square stone building with a flat roof that is supported on girders and crossbeams."