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It was occupied on 30th of October 1948.
On
15 of February 1948, the Palmach Third Battalion killed 15 villagers
including 5 children
and
the destruction of 15 village houses. Another unknown massacre
occurred in Sa’as’
during occupation on the handed of the terror gangs
of Sheva’ (Seventh) Brigade.
The
village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses,
some are
deserted, and some are used by Jewish settlers.
The
refugees are mostly living in Naher al-Barid refugee camp near
Tripoli (Lebanon),
some
are in al-Rashidyah refugee camp near Sour/ Tyre (Lebanon), and few
refugees
living in the village of al-Ghaziyah (mostly from al-Sayid clan)
near ‘Ayn al-Hilwah refugee
camp. The village had two elementary school, one school was for
boys, and the other
school for girls, one mosque. Some of the olive trees remain and a
number of walls and
houses are presently used by the settlement, one of them has an
arched entrance and
arched windows.
The
population in 1945 was 1,130. The Arabs own 12,822 dunums meanwhile
the Jews
didn’t own anything.
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