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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 31, 1948
Distance from district center	6 (km) South East of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #22 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golani Brigades
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Masil al-Jizl inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 976 Jewish 2,222 Public 2,675 Total 5,873
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 252 1,249 Planted W/ Cereal 1,149 877 Built up 0 40 Cultivable 1,401 2,126 Non-Cultivable 2,250 56
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 197 1945 280 (180 Jewish) 1948 116 Est. Refugees 1998 712
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 47 1948 47
Inhabitants place of origin	The village was initially founded by members of the 'Arab al-Zinati Bedouin tribe.
Archeological sites	Masil al-Jizl has few Khirbas which contains pottery fragments, flint artifacts, the foundations of buildings, and the remains of a small mosque.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Ruppin
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:
"The site is partly covered by fish ponds and by warehouses that belong to the kibbutz of Kefar Ruppin"

 

 

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