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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 8, 1948
Distance from district center	42 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	60 (meters)
Map location	See location number #8 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation An Far
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Masmiyya al-Saghira inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas	al-Hurani clan (originally from al-Masmiyya al-Kabira) founded the village in the 19th century.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 6,340 Jewish 0 Public 138 Total 6,478
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 147 Irrigated & Plantation 7 Planted W/ Cereal 6,126 Built up 18 Cultivable 6,280 Non-Cultivable 180
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 261 1931 354 1945 530 1948 615 Est. Refugees 1998 3,776
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 73 1948 126
Town's name through history	The village was also known by Masmiyyat al-Hurani after the al-Hurani clan.
Schools	al-Masmiyya al-Saghira students attended school at the sister village of al-Masmiyya al-Kabira.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Masmiyya Shalom, Mashmi'at Shalom, and Kefar ha-Rif.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"Virtually no trace of the village remains"

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
طه الحوراني	-	-
yahya jebreel	الحوراني	AMMAN, J
يحيى زكري	الحوراني	البلقاء, الاردن
bara' hourani	-	-
ديوان مسمية الحوراني	-	-
Abdelmonem saber Alhourani	-	-
KHADER AL-HOURANI	-	AMMAN - MARKA
.Ahmad M .Th Al-hourani	Al-Hourani	QATAR, QATAR
ابو المجد	-	غزه, غزه
Nabeel AL Hourani	-	AL HASA - JORDAN, JORDAN
Suhaila	-	GAZA
سلمان	-	-
mufid al hourani	-	-
جعفر الحوراني	الحوراني	zarqa, jordan
حسين الحوراني	الحوراني	الزرقاء
sam shafi	-	-
YAHIA BASSAM AL HOURANI	الحوراني	-
Khaled	AL-Horani	Damascus, Dimashq, Syria
Ahmad M.Al-Hourani	Al-Hourani	K.S.A
Al Hourani	-	-
Lina Al Hurani	Al Hurani	Qc, Canada
saber hourani	hourani	AMMAN - diwan almasmya , jordan
Rashad Hurani	-	-
Zeid Al-Hourani	-	-
Ahmad Issa Alhourani	-	-
Amr Alhourani	don't know	CA, USA
Aktham Al-Hourani	-	Gaza, Palestine
Islam Hourani	-	Palestine, Palestine
Ali al-Hourani	al-Hourani	ain albasha, Jordan

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