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Occupation date: late October on early November 1948.
The
village was mostly destroyed with the exception of the train
stations buildings.
Days Sunayd inhabitants were completely ethnically
cleansed . According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi,
the village remaning structures on the village land are: “A railroad
bridge, unused segments of track, and three of the train station’s
buildings are all that remain of Dayr Sumayd. The
stone bridge is built astride a wadi and passes over four wide,
round-arched culverts. The station’s building are deserted in a
state of deterioration.
Days Sumayd had one school which was founded in 1945, and
when it opened its doors it had an initial enrollment of 63
students.
No
settlements on village land. The Arabs owned 5,089 dunums and the
Jewish 483 dunums.
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