Arab al-Samniyya

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Arab al-Samniyya (Arabic: عرب السمنية), also known as Khirbat al-Suwwana, was a Palestinian village in the Western Galilee that was captured and depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

In 1945 the, village had a population of 200 Arab and a total land area of 1,872 dunums.

The village was situated on a rocky hill near the road linking Ra's al-Naqura with Safad.

[2] Of this, a total of 174 dunams were allocated to grain crops; 22 dunums were irrigated and planted with orchards.

Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and the village remained depopulated of its inhabitants.

IDF soldiers during Operation Hiram, photographed at Sa'sa' , 30 October 1948.