This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Samakiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict.

[6] In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the bedawin (Bedouin) tribe of es-Semekiyeh, who kept some buildings in Abu Shusha as magazines.

[9] In the 1945 statistics Es Samakiya had a population of 380; 330 Muslims and 50 Christians[clarification needed],[2] with 10,526 dunams of land.

[5][clarification needed] On 4 May 1948, Yigal Allon launched Operation Matateh ('Operation Broom'), in order to clear the area of its Bedouin inhabitants.

[5] In 1992, Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi wrote: "The village site is covered with wild vegetation, piles of basalt stones, and date palm trees.