Al-Sumayriyya

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Sumayriyya (Arabic: السُميريه, Katasir in Canaanite times, Someleria during Crusader rule), was a Palestinian village located six kilometers north of Acre that was depopulated after it was captured by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

[13] A building with a court-yard, measuring 60,5 by 57 meters, dating from the Crusader era, has been noted in the village, and a 13th-century glass-factory has been excavated.

[15] A map by Pierre Jacotin from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 showed the place, named as El Esmerieh.

The inhabitants fled as a result of the 14 May 1948 assault on the village by the Carmeli Brigade during Operation Ben-Ami, one day before the official outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

[27] Shavey Tziyon and Regba are close to the northern borders of Al-Sumayriyya, but were established on land that used to belong to Mazra'a.

al-Sumayriyya, 1948
Al-Sumayriyya's old cemetery, July 2008