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Suhmata was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war .
Suhmata District District of Acre Location 25 km northeast of Acre Israeli occupation date October 30, 1948 Israeli military operation Operation Hiram Israeli attacking brigade Golani Brigade's First Battalion Remaining population after occupation 0 Remaining structures after occupation The nearby crusader castle Population 1596 1931 1945 n/a 796 1,130
Number of houses 1931: 175 Historical names Israeli settlement(s) Tzuri'el, Chosen Public structures Two schools, a mosque, a church
See also List of destroyed villages during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war
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Suhmata, with Zochrot, 57 years later. (751 words)
On October 28, 1948, the village of Suhmata was occupied by the Israeli army. Suhmata was a Canaanite village, its name originates from Syriac and means light and sunrise. Let the internally displaced people of Suhmata , who are part of the "Israeli demography", rebuild their village.
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Suhmata was mostly destroyed with the exception of the nearby Crusaders castle. Two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1886, and the 2nd was an Agricultural School, founded during the British Mandate period. Suhmata refugees nearby Ba'labak, Lebanon in 1950 (49K)
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