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Arab Suqrir, District of Gaza

Israeli occupation date: May 25, 1948. The village was complety destroyed with the exception of two houses. According to theArab Suqrir, District of Gaza Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:

“Two houses remain standing. One of them is in a citrus grove and has a concrete frame and cinder block walls. On the top of its flat roof there is an ‘iliyya.”

Arab Suqrir inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. Town’s name through history was known by the Canaanites by Shakrun.

 

Land ownership before occupation

 
Ethnic GroupLand Ownership (Dunums)
Arab 12,270
Jewish 0
Public 27,954
Total 40,224

 

Land usage in 1945

 
Land Usage TypeArab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus 583
Irrigated & Plantation 489
Planted W/ Cereal 15,532
Cultivable 16,604
Non-Cultivable 23,620

 

Population before occupation

 
YearPopulation
1596 55
1931 530
1945 390
1948 452
Est. Refugees 1998 2,778

 

Source: Palestineremembered.com

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